This month’s featured stories
Steel supports over-station offices
Forming a bridge over underground railway assets, a series of large steel trusses are enabling the construction of a new City of London commercial development. …
Decarbonised purlins add to appeal
voestalpine Metsec is one the UK’s leading specialist cold rolled steel companies, designing and manufacturing engineered solutions for a wide range of …
New Group to keep steel young and fit for the future
The first meetings of the BCSA’s new Young Persons Group have been held, with an impressive cross-sector range of skills represented among the young people …
Minimum degree of shear connection in composite beams, according to Eurocode 4 and other guidance
In this article Graham Couchman of SCI and former chairman of CEN/TC250/SC4 (the Eurocode 4 committee), considers why we have rules for minimum degree of shear …
Leisure centre stacks up
Aiming to achieve a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating and set to be one of the UK’s largest urban facilities, structural steelwork has provided the Woolwich …
Steel refurb creates modern workspaces
New steelwork elements are helping to strengthen an existing frame, while also creating reconfigured floorplates for an extensive refurbishment project on a …
Steelwork completes full circle
A 15-storey steel-framed speculative office block represents the final piece of Manchester’s multi-million-pound Circle Square development. FACT FILENo. 3 …
Warehouse flexibility
Speed of construction and the ability to create efficient column-free spaces were two of the reasons why a warehouse scheme in north London chose a …
Rugby scores with steel
Steelwork’s speed of construction is ensuring the third phase at Symmetry Park Rugby, an important addition to the East Midlands’ logistics park …
Assessing carbon emissions
British Constructional Steelwork Association Sustainability Manager Michael Sansom, explains how to assess the UK consumption-based average embodied carbon …
