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Road closures keep the steel going up
A new eight-storey commercial development at 10 Lime Street in the City of London is nearing completion. Working on behalf of main contractor ISG, steelwork …
New bridge to Stratford retail development
A fully glazed steel footbridge was lowered into place across railway lines in east London to allow train passengers arriving at Stratford International …
Residential block is in the frame
More than 130t of Metsec’s Metframe product has been erected for a new six-storey apartment block in Paisley. Known as The Elipta, the building contains 53 …
Tesco gets purpose-built import centre
Approximately 4,200t of steelwork has been erected by Atlas Ward Structures for Tesco’s first purpose-built import centre in Teesport. The project was …
Seafront apartments are put in the frame
More than 200t of cold rolled steel from Metsec’s Framing Division fa- cilitated the fast track completion of two multi-storey apartment blocks on the …
Steelwork climbs into top twenty
Caunton Engineering is currently erecting steel- work for a new head office and logistics centre for Teva, one of the top twenty pharmaceutical compa- nies in …
Former BCSA President honoured
Tom Goldberg, BCSA President from 2003-05, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2009 for his work in assisting international trade. He is well …
News in Brief: February 2009
After a number of years of lobbying by the BCSA and its colleagues in the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group, changes to the ‘Construction Act’ …
Working week campaign launched
The BCSA is running a campaign against the abolition of the opt out to the maximum average 48 hour working week. In June last year, ministers reached an …
Corus lends support to sustainability exhibition
Corus will be an official supporter of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) stand at the Ecobuild and Futurebuild 2009 exhibition which takes place at …
