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Sunderland Council announces new Wear crossing
Construction of a new steel composite road bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland is now underway. Sunderland City Council has signed a contract for the …
Steel boost for Canterbury city centre
Steel construction is likely to play a significant role in delivering a major new leisure scheme in the Kingsmead area of Canterbury. The project, which is on …
Arup claims 3D printing will produce more efficient steel components
Structural engineers at Arup claim new and radical designs for steel connections in construction can be achieved using 3D printing. Also known as additive …
May issue of New Steel Construction online
This month’s issue of New Steel Construction (NSC) is now available online at www.newsteelconstruction.com, featuring reports from UK construction projects …
Glasgow’s technology centre open for business
The Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC) at the University of Strathclyde is now open for business, with a full programme of conferences scheduled for the …
SC21 award success for paint specialist
BCSA associate member Jack Tighe, that specialises in supplying paint to the defence, nuclear, rail, highways and petrochemical sectors has been awarded a SC21 …
The VC10 hangar at London (Gatwick) Airport
When British United Airways purchased Vickers VC10 jets the dimensions of these machines, particularly the height of the tail, made it necessary to provide a …
Agricultural Buildings designed to BS 5502-22
David Brown of the Steel Construction Institute highlights some of the important changes in the 2013 Amendment to this Standard. Agricultural Buildings The …
AD 387: Elastic critical moment and correction factor g for bi-symmetric I sections
In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations in this advisory desk, this article is available as a pdf download only. Click here to download …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Updates April 2015
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN 14399-1:2015 High-strength structural bolting assemblies for preloading. General requirements Supersedes BS EN 14399-1:2005 BS EN …
