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Expansion at Scotland’s largest business park
The new £330M Maxim office development at the Eurocentral Business Park in Lanarkshire, will on completion offer 85,000m2 of office space in ten high quality …
Bridge lift completed in one morning
Shoreditch High Street in east London was closed for one Saturday morning last month to allow a new 38m long steel bowstring bridge to be lifted into position. …
CE Marking of fabricated steel imminent
The European Standard for CE Marking of fabricated steel and aluminium structures has recently been circulated to European member states for Formal Vote for a …
Purlins hit the slopes at new ski centre
Steel purlins from Metsec have been used to create the external shell of the Chill Factor, the UK’s longest and the world’s widest real snow indoor ski …
New option for steel erector NVQ assessments
The development of the Constructional Steelwork Site Operations NVQ Level 2, which covers steel erection, metal decking and stud welding, has been held back …
Gold standard addition to sustainability charter
Kingspan Structural Products has been successfully audited and has joined the Steel Construction Sustainability Charter as a Gold member. As part of the audit …
Updated steel industry information
The 2008 Directory for Specifiers and Buyers in the steel construction industry is now available. This essential directory lists details of every BCSA member …
FICEP innovations at MACH 2008
The MACH 2008 exhibition, held at the NEC from 21-25 April, will see a number of new machines on display from FICEP. The company will use the exhibition to …
News in Brief – April 2008
The following National Annexes have been approved for publication subject to minor amendment: EC3 Part 1.1 – General rules and rules for buildings; EC3 …
New hotel for Royal Mile
A new 136-bed hotel will form the major element of a new 11,148m² mixed-use development currently under construction on Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile. …
