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President’s Column: March 2020
Sorry to start on a gloomy note, but I’m dismayed to read on a regular basis that main and specialist contractors are going under or in difficulty. These are …
News in Brief: March 2020
ArcelorMittal Long Products has updated its sales programme to take account of the recent updates to EN10025:2019 parts 2 to 6. This includes the inclusion of …
Steel gains share in key markets
The latest annual market share survey from Construction Markets confirms other reports that the construction market declined in 2019, but steel has increased …
East London bridge installed on Christmas Day
Civil engineering contractor Graham successfully installed a new pedestrian and cycle bridge in east London during the early hours of Christmas Day. The …
Responsible sourcing certification for Kloeckner Metals’ sites
Kloeckner Metals UK has announced that its Leeds, Westok, London and Dudley sites have obtained BES 6001 certification for responsible sourcing of construction …
Education Buildings supplement available now
The Steel Construction – Education Buildings supplement, produced by Steel for Life and the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA), is …
Big girders installed for Facebook offices
A series of 20m-long fabricated girders, which are all 2.9m deep and 1.1m-wide, have been installed to create the roof of a 600-seat theatre in London’s …
Main frame up for Snowdonia hotel
Working on behalf of main contractor H.H Smith & Sons, B D Structures has completed the erection of the main steel frame for the Hilton Garden Inn at …
New Steel Construction Technical Digest now available online
New Steel Construction’s (NSC) fourth Technical Digest, which brings together a year’s worth of technical guidance, is now available for download at: …
Steel provides Cheshire with new power plant
A new steel-framed waste-to-energy facility, which will help the nation reduce its reliance on landfill sites for refuse disposal, is under construction in …
