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Bouygues to build Swansea carbon-zero office scheme
Bouygues UK has signed the contract with Swansea Council to build the city centre’s new high-tech, carbon-zero office development that will provide space …
Another City of London tower gets approval
The City of London Corporation has approved plans for a 24-storey office-led development on Houndsditch, the seventh tall building to be approved this year. …
Victoria Nova scheme expands with steel
Steelwork erection is progressing on the n2 building, which represents phase two of the Nova development adjacent to London Victoria railway station. The …
New sheds award for Midlands rail freight terminal
VolkerFitzpatrick has been selected by Prologis to design and build two new production units at its Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) site. …
Fire testing completed on Lindapter decking fixings
Lindapter’s extensive range of decking fixings have now been independently fire tested by BRE Global. The company said in order to provide specifiers with …
Pre-construction deal signed for British Library archive
Wates Construction has been appointed as pre-construction stage partner for the redevelopment of the British Library site at Boston Spa, West Yorkshire. The …
Planning approved for £135M redevelopment of Wigan shopping centre
Cityheart has been granted planning permission for its £135M redevelopment of the Galleries Shopping Centre in Wigan town centre. The plans include detailed …
President’s Column: January 2022
Late last year BCSA published its 2050 Decarbonisation Roadmap that sets out how the UK constructional steelwork sector will transition to net-zero by 2050. It …
News in Brief: January 2022
BAM Nuttall has been appointed to build the new southern entrance of Sunderland’s railway station. The new entrance features a large glass wrap around …
Steel-framed buildings can be net-zero now
Following the United Nation’s COP26 climate change conference it seemed that the world united behind the decarbonisation struggle that some characterise as …