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From drawing board to Main Board
Spreading the message about the high level of design and engineering capability provided by steelwork contractors will be a key driver of new BCSA President …
Steel provides a range of benefits
Due to be completed in 39-weeks, a vast steel-framed distribution centre has kicked-off construction of a new business and logistics park, which will provide …
Ready for take-off
Farnborough Airport is set to significantly increase its available hangar space with the construction of a large sustainably-designed steel-framed structure. …
Steel solution for Welsh viaduct
Forming part of the wider Heads of the Valley scheme, steel construction is playing an integral role in the widening and strengthening of the Taf Fechan …
Steel aids quicker programme
Lessons learnt from the first phase of construction at NewCold’s latest cold storage facility have helped make the second steelwork programme even more …
Making spaces
Structural steelwork is playing a leading role in the construction of a new multi-storey car park for staff at Stoke-on-Trent’s main NHS hospital. FACT …
Galvanizing the foundations of the construction Industry
First introduced in the mid-1700s, galvanizing is used worldwide within the construction industry. Numerous industries, including the construction sector, make …
Protected portal frames on fire boundary
Where single storey buildings have external walls close to a site boundary, the walls are required to have fire resistance. Such external walls have commonly …
AD 510: P281 worked example of beams curved on plan
SCI publication P281 was published in 2001 covering the design of curved steel members, in accordance with BS 5950. It is clear that this guide is still used, …
New and revised codes and standards; from BSI updates June 2023
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN 17549-2:2023Building information modelling. Information structure based on EN ISO 16739-1 to exchange data templates and data sheets …
