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Part L final draft details released
The long-awaited changes to the Building Regulations covering conservation of fuel and power were published in September and will take effect from April next …
Kingspan introduces first 4mm channel
Kingspan has introduced a range of 4mm cold-rolled channel sections called Multichannel4. The new thicker sections will provide engineers and steelwork …
Definitive World Trade Center report published
Four years after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 led to the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, the US National Institute of Standards and …
Steel bridge installed safely over live railway
Rowecord Engineering has pre-assembled and installed a 900 tonne railway viaduct over the London Underground Hammersmith and City line at White City. Engineers …
Trojan horse lifts safety awareness
A second phase of the Trojan Horse safety messaging project is in progress after phase one showed the technique was successful in raising awareness of safety …
Steel construction safety improvement beats target
No fatal injuries were reported by steel construction companies in the BCSA’s latest accident survey covering 2004. In addition the injury frequency rate for …
Daventry shed checks out for Tesco
Caunton Engineering has won the contract to design, supply and erect a new distribution warehouse at the DIRFT Logistics Park and rail freight terminal at …
New forum to address practical fire safety issues
The Structural Fire Safety Forum, a new body set up in a joint initiative by the Steel Construction Institute and the Association for Specialist Fire …
Steel’s cost advantage maintained
Structural steel has maintained its cost advantage over alternative framing materials despite the raw material price increases of the past year, according to …
October 2005 – Steel’s competitive edge
Good news from Davis Langdon whose annual cost comparison between steel frames and concrete has once again proven that steel provides the most advantageous and …