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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 2012 – Steel still the competitive choice
Hopefully, October’s report of an unexpected continued fall in UK economic output will be looked back on as the nadir of this great credit crunch related …
October 2009 – Pain-free tendering
Procurement professionals always need all the help they can get in first of all making sure the right processes are in place and observed for letting contracts …
September 2009 – Sustainably essential steel
The steel construction sector has invested a great deal of time and money over the years in providing everything that a designer could need to make it easy to …
June 2009 – Education ambition demands benefits of steel
The search for those elusive green shoots of recovery sometimes seems to be taking on near manic proportions, with City commentators falling over themselves to …
May 2009 – Case proven for steel
We round up our Case for Steel series in this issue, with a four page section highlighting how and why steel construction so dominates the key markets in the …
April 2009 – Sustainability looks like a survivor
Recent construction industry related gatherings have been slightly muted affairs, unsurprisingly since the background economic news has been almost …
March 2009 – Building towards zero carbon
Steel and sustainability go hand in hand. The case for selecting the most recycled material in the world for constructing buildings, bridges and other …
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 …