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October 2010 – Energy savings for sheds
Release of the first BCSA/Corus Target Zero report, on schools, earlier this year certainly made them sit up even at the back of the class with its myth …
September 2010 – An Olympic model for the future
The London Olympic Games are still two years away but already the Olympic Delivery Authority is more confident than any modern Olympics organisers have ever …
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 …
June 2010 – Steel’s sustainable success story
Amid all the headlines about rising raw material costs worldwide pushing up the price of steel it is worth considering that even with those pressures the cost …
May 2010 – Steel stays safe as legislation is reviewed
Steel construction’s reputation as an inherently safer way to build has been confirmed by the BCSA’s news of a reduction in the Reportable Accident …
April 2010 – Prospects from energy
The UK economy is clearly still struggling, but the debate is now centred on how strong the recovery is likely to be. At least recovery seems to have started, …
March 2010 – Steel tops low carbon class
Head teachers sitting in the award winning new modern schools of the sort that steel construction provides can award themselves gold stars for their …
February 2010 – No time to turn the taps off
The recession might not be quite over, but there seems to be agreement that at least an end to the worst is in sight. With financial meltdown averted and the …
January 2010 – Steel a success since the ‘swinging sixties’
A magazine’s first issue of the new year is traditionally an occasion for looking forward, but we can be excused for a bit of a backward glance this year …
November/December 2010 – Competitive advantage on the rise
Full economic recovery might yet be some way off, but there are encouraging signs from some markets at least that it might be sooner rather than later. The …