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Bridging the airport link
An eye-catching steel walkway and bridge has recently been erected at Dublin Airport as part of the on-going expansion project. Martin Cooper reports. …
Management buyout at Barrett Steel Buildings
The senior management at Barrett Steel Buildings have purchased the company for an undisclosed sum. New majority shareholders John Brennan and Sue Sharples …
No fatalities reported for 2006
Statistical data compiled from the BCSA membership for 2006 shows that no fatal injuries were reported for the entire year. “This is very good news for the …
Completing the mountain top challenge
Building a new visitor centre on the summit of Mount Snowdon presented a number of unique challenges, not least how to get all the materials to site. Martin …
Retail development aids seaside regeneration
A new retail complex, on the site of an old amusement park, forms one of the initial phases of Morecambe seafront’s regeneration. Most residents and …
Steel has all the answers for new hospital
The need for a fast erection programme as well as some challenging vibration issues, all came to the fore at a new hospital project in Glasgow where two MRI …
Corus Undergraduate Design Awards
South Bank University’s winning structures entry. The winners of this year’s Corus Undergraduate Design Awards, which was held at Arsenal FC’s …
Northern Rock banks on steel
A new office development for high street banking organisation Northern Rock is under construction on a new business park being developed by the City of …
Severfield-Rowen buys into Irish market
Action Merchants (AML), the holding company of Northern Ireland- based constructional steelwork firm Fisher Engineering has been acquired by Severfield-Rowen. …
September 2007 – Sustainably safe steel
One of the greatest success stories in the constructional steelwork sector has been the consistently improving safety performance over the past ten years, …