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BRE updates environmental guide
The latest version of the Green Guide to Specification, produced by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) is available online, at www.thegreenguide.org.uk …
Agreement reached on working time directive
European member states have reached an agreement that will allow UK workers to continue to work more than 48 hours per week, subject to certain conditions. …
Corefast delivers quicker cores
A new structure on Park Lane in London is being erected by a tower crane bolted on top of the building’s Corus Bi-Steel core. Construction of the first of …
Member states approve CE Marking standard
The CE Marking standard for fabricated steelwork (BS EN 1090-1) has been approved by the majority of European Union member states and this harmonised standard …
SCI Members’ Event
Over eighty people signed up for the SCI Members Day on 3rd July, and came to Ascot to hear about current developments and network around a BBQ in the evening. …
Steel outlook stays bright
Steel construction’s market share and output are at an all time high and the …
SSDA 2008 – Best-ever Awards a beacon to construction
Entries to the 2008 Structural Steel Design Awards were hailed as …
Allerton bridges the Shiremoor gap
More than 400t of steel was used for a new road bridge to service a housing development in Shiremoor, north Tyneside. Allerton Engineering worked 36 weeks to …
Steel builds a first for Ireland
The contract to supply, fabricate and erect steelwork for the Repub- lic of Ireland’s first IKEA store near Dublin has recently been awarded to Atlas Ward …
