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Safety first for new school
Conder Structures is currently erecting more than 600t of structural steelwork for the £20M PFI financed Portland Community Comprehensive school. Located in …
New national annex drafted by SCI
National Annex to EN 1993-1-3, the section of Eurocode 3 that deals with cold formed members and sheeting, is currently being drafted by SCI. The work, which …
New Director of the SCI
Dr Graham Couchman has been appointed to succeed Dr Graham Owens as Director of the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), Martin Manning, Chairman of Council, …
Steel fortress of science nearing completion
More than 25,000t of steel is being used to construct the £140M ISIS Tar- get Station 2 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, Oxfordshire. …
Management buyout at Barrett Steel Buildings
The senior management at Barrett Steel Buildings have purchased the company for an undisclosed sum. New majority shareholders John Brennan and Sue Sharples …
No fatalities reported for 2006
Statistical data compiled from the BCSA membership for 2006 shows that no fatal injuries were reported for the entire year. “This is very good news for the …
Steel has all the answers for new hospital
The need for a fast erection programme as well as some challenging vibration issues, all came to the fore at a new hospital project in Glasgow where two MRI …
Northern Rock banks on steel
A new office development for high street banking organisation Northern Rock is under construction on a new business park being developed by the City of …
Severfield-Rowen buys into Irish market
Action Merchants (AML), the holding company of Northern Ireland- based constructional steelwork firm Fisher Engineering has been acquired by Severfield-Rowen. …
Complex steelwork will require two phase approach
Work has commenced on the £7.8M Market Gates Shopping Centre project in Great Yarmouth. Main contractor ISG Jackson is enlarging an existing shopping complex …
