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Search & Rescue is framed for success
A spacious portal frame hall, featuring a wave pool and a mock helicopter suspended from a crane, serves as the focal point of a new steel-framed Search and …
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Set to provide enough electricity for thousands of homes, an Energy-from-Waste facility in the West Midlands highlights why steel construction delivers the …
AD 543: Deflection of composite slabs
Occasionally, SCI’s advisory desk is asked about the simplified rules for controlling the deflection of steel-concrete composite slabs by limiting their …
Fire protection guidance from ASFP
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has recently published the 6th Edition of the ‘Yellow Book’, Volume 1. David Brown of the Steel …
New and revised codes and standards: from BSI Updates April 2025
BRITISH STANDARDS PUBLISHED NA TO BS EN 1997-2:2024Eurocode 7. Geotechnical design. Ground properties.supersedes NA to BS EN 1997-2:2007 BRITISH STANDARDS …
The Europe Bridge, Austria
FromBuilding with SteelMay 1960 Most visitors to Austria know Innsbruck, the Capital of Tirol, with its statue of King Arthur in the Hofkirche. It is the …
British Steel appoints new leadership duo
Following the government taking control of the Scunthorpe steelworks, British Steel has announced the appointment of Allan Bell as interim Chief Executive …
Market redevelopment buys into night time steel erection
Funded by the UK Government and Bury Council, the £33 million redevelopment of Bury Market is underway, with structural steelwork being erected outside of …
Europe’s first Universal theme park planned for Bedford
Subject to gaining planning consent, Universal Destinations & Experiences will build its first European theme park at a former brickworks site in Kempston, …
London Luton Airport expansion ready for take-off
Plans to almost double the passenger capacity at London Luton Airport, from 18 million passengers per annum (mppa) to 32 million mppa, have been given the …
