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Intumescent fire protection of tall buildings
Tests on intumescent coatings have demonstrated that they will provide protection against explosion and hydrocarbon fire as well as severe natural cellulosic …
Contractors choose competitive steel
Steel construction is enjoying robust health with output up 7% this year, and is looking forward to a future brightened by the prospect of a demand for …
Steel delivers on post office site
A fashionable, modern apartment development has added a new lease of life to a stylish 1920s sorting office, as Margo Cole reports from Nottingham. Like many …
Portals frame UK’s biggest sheds
One of the largest sheds built in the UK has just been completed, fittingly enough a short distance away from the Corus steelworks at Scunthorpe. Jon Masters …
Steel shows a sustainable future
A strong and clear picture of a constructional steelwork industry in robust good health and confidently looking forward emerged from the 2005 Steel …
Sustainable and flexible steel lifts Olympic gold
London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games was anchored in a promise that many of the new sport venues would be flexibly designed to allow …
Young engineer high on performance and promise
Young Structural Engineer of the Year Sally Preston displays both confidence and competency – and an already well developed appreciation of the uses of …
Steel acclaimed in construction industry awards
One of the most technically demanding bridge strengthening projects ever undertaken in the UK emerged as the winner of the Major Projects category at last …
Last chance to book for Steel Construction Conference
The Steel Construction Conference and Exhibition is only days away. Highlights of the event, to be held on 15 November at The Brewery, Chiswell Street in the …
January 2006 – Clients line up in praise of sustainable steel
To judge by the comments we see in the press, few sectors of the construction industry would be able to field many clients happy to tell the story of hoiw they …