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Community bridge
Steelwork has been completed on the Springhead Bridge, which will form an integral part of the Ebbsfleet Garden City development Nearly 4,000 residents are …
New CEO ready for new challenges
BCSA’s new Chief Executive Officer David Moore is no stranger to the steel construction sector and his background as Director of Engineering will stand him …
Digital Twins
Emerging digital technologies have the potential to help the steel construction industry to be more connected and transparent resulting in increased …
Truss joint design – open sections
Following on from the truss joint design presented in the October issue, David Brown of the SCI reviews the design of a joint with a conventional arrangement …
AD 436: Section classification of a flat plate
SCI is sometimes asked how to determine the section class of a flat plate as BS EN 1993-1-1 does not include this section in table 5.2. The purpose of this …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Updates November and December 2019
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 3269:2019 Fasteners. Acceptance inspection Supersedes BS EN ISO 3269:2001 BS EN ISO 6947:2019 Welding and allied processes. …
High-Rise Trusteel
The Trusteel steel-framed system is well known in the low rise housing field, 37,000 Trusteel homes equally in the Local Authority and Private Housing fields, …
Historic steelwork publication from BCSA
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) has published a compendium to its Historical Structural Steelwork Handbook, which was originally …
Survey reveals payment abuse is harming contractor’s wellbeing
A survey conducted by the Prompt Payment Directory and the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group has revealed that 90% of construction business …
Contractor begins bridge work on North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Cleveland Bridge has begun replacing the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) landmark Bridge 27, which is the first in a series of scheduled vital repairs for …
