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Stockholder increases efficiency with bespoke machine
John Parker & Sons has installed a fully automated FICEP 601DZB drilling and sawing system for the processing of sections. This is the first FICEP unit in …
Invaluable advice for steel construction
A new pocket-sized guide offering helpful advice and useful reference across a number of steel construction topics has been jointly published by the BCSA and …
Bridging Reading’s new gateway
Two new steel composite bridges have been lifted into place as part of the improvement scheme at the M4’s busy Junction 11. Expected to be complete during …
Production efficiency doubled with plate processor
One of Kaltenbach’s latest plate processing centres, a KF1606 single head CNC plasma system, has been installed at the purpose built site of a Scottish …
EU restarts amending CPD
The European Union has restarted the process of amending the Construction Products Directive (CPD) and will meet to get a final agreed position by November …
Rebirth of Ravenscraig continues with sports facility
The steel frame for the £31M Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility is nearing completion on the former steelworks site in North Lanarkshire. The indoor centre …
Steel tops Elephant and Castle tower
Steelwork for the uppermost sections of Brookfield’s 43-storey Strata SE1 tower in London’s Elephant & Castle has been completed. The privately funded …
Revision of Approved Document A delayed
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has decided to postpone the revision of Approved Document A until 2013 on the grounds that it needs …
October 2009 – Pain-free tendering
Procurement professionals always need all the help they can get in first of all making sure the right processes are in place and observed for letting contracts …