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February 2007 – A sustainable hance for steel to star
Hardly a day seems to go by now without some major company or organisation throwing its weight behind a drive towards a target variously described as carbon …
January 2007 – Ground well paved for further advance
The turn of the year is a good time to take stock of progress made and lessons learned for the future. The year just passed was a good one for the …
November/December 2006 – Steel frames’ cost bears no comparison
Away from the headlines about steel industry takeovers and mergers and worldwide rising prices for energy, the UK’s structural steelwork success story …
October 2006 – Advance spells sustainable quality assured product
A new name for structural steel sections entered the UK market in September, when Corus renamed its entire UK market range as Advance (see News). New section …
September 2006 – Sustainability charts the way forward
Congratulations to the eight steelwork contractors who have become the first to be successfully audited under the BCSA’s Steel Construction Sustainability …
July/August 2006 – Awards celebrate the diversity of steel
Diversity could have been the subheading to this year’s Structural Steel Design Awards, the 38th year in which the contribution of structural steelwork has …
Preparing to work with Eurocodes
Structural steelwork designers can take heart from being better supported than most as they look forward to grappling with the changeover to Eurocodes, says …
June 2006 – No need for Eurocode haste
There is a lot of myth and misinformation doing the rounds about the introduction of Eurocodes, but one thing that should be clear is that there is no need to …
May 2006 – Investment the key ingredient
Overseas constructional steelwork sectors frequently visit the UK to try and grasp what it is that gives our industry such a commanding share of the market. …
March 2007 – Safety success
A main driver of the constructional steelwork sector’s aim to continuously improve its performance on all fronts has been the recognition of the importance …