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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 …
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 …
April 2007 – Worldwide admiration for UK steel
The UK’s constructional steelwork sector is the marvel of the world. Well you knew you were good, go on admit it, but to hear it at the BCSA National Dinner …