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January 2014 – Thermal Mass in efficient buildings
Forecasts for the next year suggest that sectors like commercial building will be among the strongest growing as the UK’s recession battered construction …
November 2013 – Cost guidance for steel construction
Economic recovery seems to be the dominant theme in the financial news pages these days, and survey after survey confirms that things are getting better in the …
September 2013 – Fire protection design update
More is known about the performance of structural steel in fire than is known about any other material. Designers in other materials might have to be satisfied …
July 2013 – Awards show steel quality is maintained
The London Olympic year crop of entries for the Structural Steel Design Awards was always going to be a hard act to follow, after the Olympic Stadium itself …
May 2013 – Steel sets a safety example
News from the BCSA’s members that the steel sector’s already highly creditable health and safety performance has improved further in 2012 makes happy …
March 2013 – Time to level the playing field
UK construction has been waiting patiently to see something flow from the Government’s construction pipeline of infrastructure and other projects. Despite …
January 2013 – New focus for schools
At this time last year, in the first issue of NSC of 2012, we looked forward against a fairly gloomy economic backdrop to school building resuming after the …
November 2012 – First port of call for steel advice
The steel sector, already renowned for providing a wealth of information, guidance and other advice, has launched a new website that brings together all the …
September 2012 – Post Olympic glow
The London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics is vying for the accolade of the best organised and brilliantly delivered Olympic Games ever. For a few weeks the …
March 2014 – Steel sector ready for recovery
By the time you read this the Chancellor will have finished his Budget speech, the small print will have been examined and the corporate world will have …