Weekly News
Contract awarded for RAF’s F-35 facilities
An £82M contract has been signed between BAE Systems and Balfour Beatty to build aircraft engineering facilities at RAF Marham in Norfolk for the UK’s first …
Steel cure for Brighton hospitals
Galvanized steelwork has played a crucial role in the multi-million pound 3Ts redevelopment project at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. Wessex …
Dynamic response calculator available now
New design software that allows designers to make an immediate assessment of the dynamic response of a floor solution is now available at: …
Galvanizing aids pier restoration
More than 15t of galvanized steel plates have been used in the structural redevelopment of Hastings Pier. BE Wedge [part of the Wedge Group] has played its …
Lindapter bolts up Central Square
Hollo-Bolts from Lindapter have been used to secure structural hollow sections to circular hollow sections to form five 27m-tall bowstring trusses at Central …
College rises up on former US base
Work is progressing on schedule for the new £31M shared campus for two Derry/Londonderry schools under construction on the site of the city’s former US …
Steel contractor wins contract for hospital
Scottish heavy engineering and steel fabrication specialists Cairnhill Structures, has won a £400,000 contract for a fast track framing system which will help …
Billington Holdings profits up by 63%
Leading structural steel and construction safety solutions company Billington has announced pre-tax profits of £3.1M for the period ending 31 December 2015, …
BCSA member achieves level 2 BIM certification
The Bourne Group has become one of the first steelwork contractors to be successfully audited under the Steel Construction Building Information Modelling (BIM) …
Steel sector remembers coatings specialist
Jack Tighe, founder of the Jack Tighe specialist coatings business has died aged 85 after a long illness. He had been in business since 1954 during which time …
