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Steel still the competitive option
Steel is emerging from the recession as still the framing material of choice for the multi-storey buildings market. The 2009 Market Share Survey conducted by …
More leisure and primary care opportunities for North East
Forming part of a programme to construct new leisure and primary care facilities in Gateshead, NSC reports on two steel framed centres currently under …
Girder clamp secures stadium canopy
The new Target Field ballpark in Minneapolis, USA, which features a 1,988t steel sunshade canopy that sweeps around the stadium, has been successfully …
New processing equipment to make debut
Kaltenbach said the main thrust of its stand at the forthcoming Mach 2010 show (held at the NEC 7-11 June) will be production efficiency gains. The company …
Galvanising protects gardeners
Gardeners in Scotland will be protected from the elements due to the work successfully completed by Wessex Galvanizers, part of the Wedge Galvanizing Group. …
News in Brief: May 2010
SCI wants to test its on-line training facilities and needs volunteers. The idea is to present a one-day course on design to EC3, including worked examples, …
Bronze age returns to Cheshire
Steelwork contractor Hills of Shoeburyness has completed a complex steel and bronze project for a private customer in Cheshire. Erected in the grounds …
CE Marking objection resolved
A Finnish objection delaying the CE Marking of fabricated structural steelwork has been resolved at a meeting in Brussels between the European Commission and …
Price rises to boost demand?
Construction materials prices are rising again, which could bring developers and other clients who have been waiting for prices to hit bottom from off the …
High performance machines debut at MACH 2010
FICEP UK will launch two new steel processing machines to the UK at the MACH 2010 show which is held at the NEC in Birmingham from 7-11 June. With the launch …
