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BCSA prepared for Brexit – and beyond
Brexit-related caution is reportedly holding up developments across UK industry, to the detriment of construction order books. Recent figures from ABI Barbour …
SSDA will reflect digital transformation
The Structural Steel Design Awards is now into its sixth decade and remains the ultimate recognition for the best achievements in steel construction. Some …
Steel at the centre of communities
Hardly a major development these days doesn’t feature a centrepiece, sometimes iconic, structure that anchors the project in the public imagination and shows …
Steel ready for new digital challenges
The Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA) celebrated 50 years of outstanding steel construction achievements last year. Entering the second half of this first …
Steel supporting air quality drive
Imagine having the opportunity to make a simple design decision that would give a building carbon savings equivalent to a gas and electricity emission free …
Steel benefits from exposure
The attractions of exposing constructional steelwork seem to be growing, as we have been noticing in the increasing number of projects making a virtue of its …
Selecting steel defines success
Building on brownfield sites is being championed by a new campaign from the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) as a way to ensure enough land can be …
Healthy appetite for growth – and steel
Mixed messages can be found from recent surveys and forecasts about what the future holds for construction. As can be read in the President’s Column in this …
No crystal ball required
The start of the year is a traditional time for journalists to get their crystal balls out and write about future prospects. Events this year have thrown all …