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Surveys show 25 years of steel’s success
The headline news from the 2005 Market Shares Survey is that steel’s share of the multi storey non-residential buildings market for frames has reached 70% …
Charter brings sustainability to the fore
With clients increasingly looking to employ contractors that adopt sustainable practices, the newly launched charter for the steel construction industry is …
Intumescents reducing developers’ costs
Nick Barrett reports from a London seminar which launched the new design and contractual guidance for offsite application of intumescent coatings. One of the …
Steel key to meeting housing plans
Constructional steelwork will play a vital role in meeting government objectives of investing £38,000M in housing, a government minister told delegates at a …
Concrete market crumbles
The 2004 Market Share Survey confirmed the dominance of steel as the constructional framing material of first choice in the key sectors of the market, as …
City goes long on frame analysis
A large City of London commercial development has been a proving ground for new fire engineering techniques using finite element frame analysis. Nick Barrett …
Lessons to learn from overseas
BCSA Director General Derek Tordoff has just returned from an international fact-finding trip to learn how other steelwork industries are faring. Implementing …