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New drilling machine takes a bow
The recent EMO exhibition in Hannover, Germany saw the debut of Vernet Behringer’s new HD-X combined drilling machine. The company claims this unit has been …
Automation to increase productivity
In order to increase productivity and provide improved back-up to its existing production facility, Jamestown Cladding and Profiling has placed an order for a …
Steel framed schools for former mill town
Structural steelwork is playing an important role in the construction of three new schools currently being built in Oldham by main contractor Willmott Dixon. …
News in Brief – November/December 2011
Structural software developer, CSC, has released a new BIM integration tool, Revit Integrator. This free tool enables structural engineers and technicians to …
Big tubes successfully curved at Barnshaws
Barnshaws Steel Bending has completed the curving of what are believed to be some of the largest tubes ever cold bent anywhere in the world. The project …
Steel makes a splash in Dundee
Scottish Galvanizers has played a major part in the ongoing construction of a £30M leisure centre in Dundee. The Glasgow-based plant has carried out the task …
Off-site modular production pays dividends
The off-site fabrication and assembly of a number of steel walkways for a busy town centre site has saved the main contractor valuable crane time. Sir Robert …
Brooklands hosts SCI Members’ Day
The Brooklands motor museum in Weybridge, Surrey was the venue for this year’s annual SCI Members’ Day. …
CE Marking mission for new BCSA appointment
Tom Cosgrove, formerly Technical Director at SIAC Tetbury Steel, has been appointed as BCSA’s new Welding and Fabrication Manager. He has a wealth of …
Supplement gives the whole story
This issue of New Steel Construction comes with a free supplement entitled ‘The Whole Story: From Cradle to Grave’ which will help designers make the …
