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No fatalities reported for 2006
Statistical data compiled from the BCSA membership for 2006 shows that no fatal injuries were reported for the entire year. “This is very good news for the …
AD 314: Columns Splices and Internal Moments
Today, with a higher emphasis of site safety than ever, the provision of temporary barriers around the perimeter of buildings and edge of floor openings is …
Completing the mountain top challenge
Building a new visitor centre on the summit of Mount Snowdon presented a number of unique challenges, not least how to get all the materials to site. Martin …
Retail development aids seaside regeneration
A new retail complex, on the site of an old amusement park, forms one of the initial phases of Morecambe seafront’s regeneration. Most residents and …
Steel has all the answers for new hospital
The need for a fast erection programme as well as some challenging vibration issues, all came to the fore at a new hospital project in Glasgow where two MRI …
Corus Undergraduate Design Awards
South Bank University’s winning structures entry. The winners of this year’s Corus Undergraduate Design Awards, which was held at Arsenal FC’s …
Northern Rock banks on steel
A new office development for high street banking organisation Northern Rock is under construction on a new business park being developed by the City of …
Severfield-Rowen buys into Irish market
Action Merchants (AML), the holding company of Northern Ireland- based constructional steelwork firm Fisher Engineering has been acquired by Severfield-Rowen. …
Complex steelwork will require two phase approach
Work has commenced on the £7.8M Market Gates Shopping Centre project in Great Yarmouth. Main contractor ISG Jackson is enlarging an existing shopping complex …
September 2007 – Sustainably safe steel
One of the greatest success stories in the constructional steelwork sector has been the consistently improving safety performance over the past ten years, …