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New look for Hull city centre
The new multipurpose St Stephen’s development has benefited from a number of important steel elements including more than one mile of shop front steel. The …
Advancing ahead
It’s four months since Corus launched the Advance branding for its beams, columns, channels, angles, and bearing piles manufactured in the UK, and many …
Competitive gap crushes concrete
Steel frames remain the fastest and most cost effective framing solution for both commercial offices and residential apartments according to the latest Cost …
Infill walling provides fast solution
The first phase of the new £23M Caludon Castle School in Coventry has been completed with a quantity of Metsec galvanised steel framing. Used as infill …
Environmental title goes to innovative forest walk
An unusual project to create a treetop walk using recycled steel and timber has scooped the Environmental category at the British Construction Industry Awards …
Leicester regeneration takes shape
The redevelopment of Leicester city centre is gathering pace with the city’s first speculative office building nearing completion. The …
Gietart launch new shot blast machines
Kaltenbach has introduced a completely new and restyled range of Gietart shot blast machines The machines, which recently debuted at the EuroBLECH exhibition …
New steelwork specification
The 5th edition of the National Structural Steelwork Specification for Building (NSSS) is now available. Published on 1 January, the revision was prompted by …
Compulsory scheme will improve steelwork painting
A new national transportation infrastructure sector scheme has been published on the United Kingdom Accreditation Scheme (UKAS) web site. The scheme (NHSS 19A) …
