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Heat straightening can reduce traffic congestion
The Highways Agency (HA) in collaboration with the BCSA is now providing guidance for a recently adopted technique for bridge repairs which will help speed …
Access the tool for Eurocode adoption
During November more than 3,000 practitioners from 149 different countries logged on to the SCI’s Access Steel website in order to obtain critical …
Albion investment ups production
Albion Sections said a recent £1.2M investment, which included a new fully automated and dynamic Bradbury roll forming mill, will see its annual production …
European steelwork industry in good shape
Delegates to the recent annual conference of the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) reported an overall sector that is gaining market …
Portal frames at Project Orange
Atlas Ward Structures has completed the steelwork for two large warehouses, as well as an adjacent ancillary structure, known as the Iced Water Building, for …
Contractors sign up to sustainability charter
Sustainability is rapidly moving up the agenda as a procurement issue and increasingly construction clients are looking for companies which operate in a …
Steel takes the RIBA prizes
Three of the six shortlisted projects for the prestigious 2006 RIBA Stirling Prize were steel structures, including the overall winner. Picking up the £20,000 …
Work begins on Freedom Tower
Work has started on the foundations for the world’s tallest building, the Freedom Tower, which will occupy the northwest corner of the 16-acre World Trade …
Competitive gap still favours steel
Structural steel remains the most cost effective option for building frames and floors in the latest update of a building cost comparison study carried out by …
Weathering steel for Eden River
As part of the 5km-long A66 Temple Sowerby bypass in Cumbria, Fairfield Mabey, working as Skanska Construction’s steelwork partner for the Highways Agency, …
