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Waste centre gains from specialist supply
Metsec has supplied a range of purlins and side rails for the construction of the secondary steel structure at the new Viridor Energy from Waste (EfW) facility …
Regeneration in the frame
A steel framed academy and leisure centre form part of the ongoing regeneration of a once prominent steel making town. Consett has a long and illustrious …
News in Brief: May 2014
The Steel Construction Institute (SCI) has committed to write a series of twelve steel and composite technical design articles for The Structural Engineer …
Steel for Speed at Port Talbot Amusement Park
Slenderness, lightness of appearance and speed of erection – all these advantages of steel construction are highlighted by the new Port Talbot amusement …
AD 381: Fatigue assessment of non-standard bridge details
The Advisory Desk has been made aware of some instances of fatigue failure in cross beam to main girder connections, arising from the use of a …
New and revised codes & standards From BSI updates April and May 2014
BRITISH STANDARDS BS 7608:2014 Guide to fatigue design and assessment of steel products Supersedes BS 7608:1993 BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN IS0 16810:2014 …
Test on 15m Span Composite Cellular Beam
Mark Lawson and Eleftherios Aggelopoulos of the SCI and Dennis Lam of the University of Bradford present the results from a recent test carried out at the …
March 2014 – Steel sector ready for recovery
By the time you read this the Chancellor will have finished his Budget speech, the small print will have been examined and the corporate world will have …
Stockholders group to address industry concerns
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) has reformed its Working Group for Steel Stockholders to address issues that have arisen since the …
May 2014 – NSC takes digital lead
What the future holds for NSC as a magazine dedicated to highlighting the achievements of the steel construction industry is a major change; NSC will revert to …