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Powered up with waste
A new steel-framed waste-to-energy facility in Cheshire will help the nation reduce its reliance on landfill sites for refuse disposal. Hooton, near Ellesmere …
Supplying the sector
Steel stockholders play a vital part in the steel construction supply chain, ensuring the market is supplied with what it needs when it is needed. From an …
Bearing splice in a column
The design of column splices is covered in BS EN 1993-1-8 where it is lumped together with the moment resistance of beam-to-column joints. Richard Henderson of …
New and revised codes & standards; from BSI Updates February 2020
BRITISH STANDARDS BS 7910:2019 Guide to methods for assessing the acceptability of flaws in metallic structures Supersedes BS 7910:2013+A1:2015 BS EN ISO …
AD 438: Non-slip connections to BS 5950
This AD deals with the BS 5950 provisions for connections designed to be non-slip in service, as described in clause 6.4.1(b). Designers now using the …
Cardiff Arms Park
When rugby is in the lifeblood of a nation it needs fine stadia for important matches. Mr J. F. James here describes the new stands being raised at the Arms …
New requirement for ISO 3834 certification
Highways England has updated the National Highways Sector Scheme 20 document (NHSS 20), which sets out the particular requirements for quality management …
Steelwork package awarded for major Paddington scheme
Steelwork contractor William Hare has been appointed to deliver 5,300t of structural steelwork for the £350M Paddington Square project in west London. Mace …
Barrett Steel intends to acquire British Steel distribution sites
Steel stockholder Barrett Steel has confirmed it intends to purchase a number of British Steel distribution centres immediately upon the sale of the steelmaker …
Installation begins for final steel sections of Antarctic wharf
Modernisation work on the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station has begun its second ‘summer season’ with the arrival of the project …
