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News in Brief – October 2009
The BCSA together with the Highways Agency has formed a working group to develop a National Highways Sector Scheme for mechanical fasteners. The aim is to …
New home for historic Bodleian Library
Millions of books from Oxford University’s historic Bodleian Library are to be housed in a new steel framed storage facility in Swindon. A ground breaking …
World class academy for Manchester
The steel frame for the new state of the art Manchester Enterprise Academy has been completed by Billington Structures. The £19M educational facility will …
Wimbledon’s retractable roof scoops European design accolade
The redevelopment of Wimbledon’s Centre Court, which included the construction of a retractable roof, was awarded a European Steel Design Award at an …
Olympic media centre takes shape
The 4,500t steel frame for the London 2012 International Broadcast Centre (IBC) has been completed in ten weeks. The IBC, combined with the Main Press Centre, …
Stockholder increases efficiency with bespoke machine
John Parker & Sons has installed a fully automated FICEP 601DZB drilling and sawing system for the processing of sections. This is the first FICEP unit in …
Invaluable advice for steel construction
A new pocket-sized guide offering helpful advice and useful reference across a number of steel construction topics has been jointly published by the BCSA and …
Bridging Reading’s new gateway
Two new steel composite bridges have been lifted into place as part of the improvement scheme at the M4’s busy Junction 11. Expected to be complete during …
Production efficiency doubled with plate processor
One of Kaltenbach’s latest plate processing centres, a KF1606 single head CNC plasma system, has been installed at the purpose built site of a Scottish …
EU restarts amending CPD
The European Union has restarted the process of amending the Construction Products Directive (CPD) and will meet to get a final agreed position by November …
