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Setting standards within the offsite sector: The Buildoffsite Registration Scheme
Bassam Burgan, SCI Deputy Director, explains the advantages of the first offsite sector specific scheme that focuses on the safe and competent delivery of …
Steel still the cost effective choice
Structural steel framing solutions have again been confirmed as faster and cheaper to build than reinforced concrete alternatives in the latest update of a …
Distribution park opens up the South West
Steelwork has recently been completed on the latest warehouses at Cabot Park, the largest multi-modal distribution park in the West Country. Covering an area …
Island’s healthcare gets a boost from steel
Getting the steel supply to the island was a logistical challenge which had to be overcome before construction work could begin on an extension to Guernsey’s …
The case for steel
Nick Barrett starts a series of articles that will provide designers with a comprehensive outline of why their choice of constructional steelwork represents …
Transfer structures kick-start Cardiff retail project
The original design for the St David’s 2 project in Cardiff has been modified to incorporate greater use of steel. This has produced a scheme which is …
Futuristic offices will transform city centre
A design and build programme has played a vital role on a multi-storey project in Birmingham where a number of innovations have considerably reduced the …
Steel hotel for historic football ground
Sheffield United FC’s hotel has been partially built over an existing entrance to Bramall Lane stadium. The thoroughfare needed to be kept open to the public …
Steel is wizard, says Oz
Roger Pope reports on a successful BCSA mission to Australia in November which found that major companies like Multiplex are turning their backs on concrete in …
January 2008 – Steel winning new friends worldwide
Newspaper headlines worldwide were being dominated at the end of 2007 with alarming phrases like ‘credit crunch’ and ‘credit meltdown’, giving rise to …