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New guide to offer best practice guidance for MEWPs
A new guide has been prepared to provide clarity about the safe use of MEWPs (mobile elevating work platforms) including planning, equipment selection, and …
Grandstand finish at Hibernian
Scottish Premier League side Hibernian will have a new East Stand for the forthcoming 2010/11 football season. With room to accommodate 6,400 spectators, the …
Output to return to growth in 2011
Steel construction output is forecast to increase next year, while over the coming years new infrastructure investment, including power generation plants, will …
Around the Press: July/August 2010
The Times 20 May 2010 Get an eyeful of Wenlock and Mandeville (Referring to the Games’ mascots) The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games hired …
SSDA 2010 – Big guns roll out for steel awards
The Structural Steel Design Awards celebrated its 42nd year demonstrating yet again that steelwork is the structural material of choice as all entries showed …
AD 347: Saw cutting of composite slabs to control cracking
The purpose of this AD Note is to discuss the issues involved in the use of saw cutting to form crack inducing joints in composite slabs and to emphasise the …
New and Revised Codes & Standards: June 2010
CORRIGENDA TO BRITISH STANDARDS BS EN 1991-1-7:2006 Eurocode 1. Actions on structures. General actions. Accidental actions CORRIGENDUM 1 BS EN 1991-2:2003 …
20 Years Ago: Confessions of a Codewriter
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, June 1990 Time, as usual was racing on. Lunch had been a coffee and curly sandwich and I was trying to complete my normal working …
50 Years Ago: Structural steelwork for Schools and Colleges
It is generally accepted in this age that education must remain one of Britain’s most basic and essential national investments. With a steadily growing …
July/August 2010 – Steel shows its diverse appeal
There is always something surprising thrown up by the annual Structural Steel Design Awards, now in their 42nd year and reported on in some depth in this …