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Stockholder takes new processing online
A new state of the art Kaltenbach structural steel processing line has been installed at Rainham Steel’s main distribution facility in Scunthorpe. The line …
CE Marking edition of NSSS updated
To help specifiers fully understand the forthcoming CE Marking standard for structural steelwork, the BCSA and SCI are updating the National Structural …
Iconic office block for steel city’s gateway
A new pre-let eight-storey commer- cial development is taking shape on Sheffield’s Parkway. Approximately 400t of structural steelwork will be erected by …
Sustainability key to supermarket project
One of the largest ever pre-let distribution centres in the South East is currently under construction near Sittingbourne, Kent. Known as G. Park …
Steel leads the market for frames
Steel has been confirmed as the structural framing solution of first choice of the overwhelming majority of the UK design community in the latest Market Shares …
BS 9999: A new approach to design of fire precautions in buildings
Since the mid 1980s, fire precautions in buildings in England and Wales have been designed principally to the provisions of Approved Document B to the Building …
Hospital car park increases capacity and security
A £8.6M steel framed three level car park has been completed for the Basildon & Thurrock University Hos- pital NHS Foundation Trust, increas- ing both …
Steel success story at London seat of learning
The London School of Economics’ (LSE) new £34M Academic Building opened for the Autumn term after an extensive remodelling which required 450t of structural …
News in Brief: January 2009
Billington Structures has won the prize for business growth at the Barnsley Business Awards 2008. The award, sponsored by the Barnsley Chronicle recog- nised …
February 2009 – Steel still dominates growth sectors
Fewer construction projects will be undertaken this year as recession bites, but it is hard to see any reason to expect steel to be selected for a smaller …