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Water treatment taps into steel
Steel construction’s long span qualities have been utilised on the largest building at the UK’s newest water treatment facility. Forming part of the £300M …
Capital scheme
Optimising the number of floors within an overall city centre height limit led the design team to choose a steel-framed solution for Edinburgh’s Capital …
Steel takes stock
Despite an unsettled construction sector, Barrett Steel have had a markedly positive six months. The business has secured its position as one of the UK’s …
Bolt slip in connections
The effect of bolt slip in truss connections is an issue that is raised with SCI from time to time in various contexts. Richard Henderson discusses some of the …
New and revised codes & standards: From BSI Updates October 2019
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN 508-2:2019 Roofing and cladding products from metal sheet. Specification for self-supporting products of steel, aluminium or stainless …
AD 435: Beams supporting precast planks: checks in the temporary condition
The purpose of this note is to remind designers of their responsibility for basing their design on a safe method of erection. This is particularly necessary if …
Nottingham Flyover
Roads are getting more congested, junctions are becoming bottlenecks – often the only solution is to build a temporary flyover. Mr F. I. Lees, Director and …
BCSA publishes no-deal Brexit conformity guide
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) has published a guide outlining how the steel construction sector can meet the requirements of UKCA …
Steel completes at Sheffield’s New Era development
Working on behalf of main contractor Bowmer + Kirkland, Shipley Structures has completed the steelwork erection for the two buildings that constitute phase two …
New robotic steel profile cutting solution from Voortman
Voortman Steel Machinery has announced the launch of its new V807 robotic thermal profile processor, which is a plasma and oxy-fuel coping solution. The V807 …
