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Steel ready to lead towards sustainable future
Construction, like much of industry, is still on the back foot after a year when the only surprise is that COVID-19 and Brexit didn’t do as much economic …
Offices of the future demand steel’s flexibility
Twelve months ago, the first Editor’s Comment of 2020 lamented that events had thrown all sectors of the economy into even more uncertainty than usual …
Challenging times meet interesting solutions
The background to this final issue of NSC for 2020 is fundamentally different to anything that could have been expected by most of us at the start of the year: …
Judges overcome pandemic challenges
The UK’s steel construction industry can justifiably take pride in its long track record of being willing and able to be early adopters of the latest …
Pandemic raises collaboration hopes
Contractors can just about always say they live in interesting times, but with the world still mired in a pandemic and waiting for a feared second wave amid …
Shortlist projects push the design envelope
The shortlist for the Structural Steel Design Awards has been announced and the 22 selected projects can be seen in this issue of NSC (p 14). Together they are …
Steel has post-pandemic attractions
Construction is making every effort as an industry to put the adverse impact of the pandemic-enforced lockdown behind it and to get back to as near normal as …
Slow return to ‘normal’ begins
A phased return towards the full level of working on construction sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was underway as we went to press, and an …
Steel sheds support pandemic strategies
The Editor’s Comment in NSC a year ago struck an optimistic note in suggesting that there seemed to be some good news ahead in the COVID-19 battle. It was …