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Aiming for net zero carbon
Over the past few years, Barrett Steel has made significant progress in its decarbonisation efforts, positioning the company as a leader in delivering low …
Steel bridge specialist sold to staff
Kent-based Nusteel Structures has become an Employee Owned Trust (EOT), after being sold to its 90 staff members. In a statement, the company said: “By …
Frame up for Teesside University Digital Life building
Forming part of an ambitious masterplan, structural steelwork has been completed on Teesside University’s latest development. The £40M Digital Life …
Skanska to deliver steel framed central London offices
Main contractor Skanska has been appointed to deliver two new category A office buildings that form part of the wider mixed-use redevelopment of South Molton …
New £80M school for north Kent garden city
Eastern Quarry Limited (EQL), an entity owned and managed by Henley Camland, a joint venture between Henley Investment Management and Camland Developments, is …
Work starts on £9.5M Lichfield leisure centre scheme
Construction work to modernise leisure facilities in Lichfield, has begun following the appointment of main contractor Stepnell. The work will deliver a …
Dealing with multiple point loads on a composite slab
Whilst placing concentrated loads on composite slabs is not particularly recommended, we are seeing more and more situations where multiple, sometimes quite …
AD 535: Horizontal lateral loading on internal load-bearing walls in residential buildings
There are two sources of horizontal lateral loading on internal walls in residential buildings that should be considered in their design. These are loads …
New and revised codes and standards: from BSI Updates October 2024
BRITISH STANDARDS REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED BS EN ISO 15609-3:2004Specification and qualification of welding procedures for metallic materials. Welding procedure …
Where the nuts go to…
…and the bolts, and the structural steel and the cladding services and so on. This is the story of Coseley Engineering’s 41 unit contract to provide …
