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Curved beams raise Mersey bridge pylons
Four hundred tonnes of curved heavy steel sections have been supplied by Barnshaw Section Benders for the construction of the Mersey Gateway Bridge. The …
Memorial celebrates Spitfire’s 80th anniversary
Steel bending specialist Barnshaws Section Benders was contracted to add its expertise in the fabrication of the Sentinel Spitfire memorial sculpture at the …
Steel for Life gathers pace
The first sponsors have signed up to the constructional steelwork supply chain’s new market development programme, Steel for Life, which has been established …
Steel lends itself to curving library
The centrepiece of Slough’s town centre regeneration scheme is a highly architectural and uniquely shaped steel-framed library and cultural centre. More than …
Big beams create energy plant for Welsh capital
Barnshaw Section Benders, working in conjunction with ASD Westok, has supplied some of the deepest cellular beams ever requested to Fisher Engineering for a …
Mosque shaped by bending experts
Barnshaw Section Benders has completed the contract to bend sections for the construction of the Al Emaan Mosque in Sheffield. The company’s work involved …
New gold members for sustainability charter
Four new companies have been successfully audited and joined the Steel Construction Sustainability Charter, bringing the total number of members to 17. Two of …
Structural steelwork has excellent sustainable credentials
Steel may be continually recycled without loss of properties and in the UK 94% of steel is reused or recycled. Steel structures have low carbon footprints, are …
Inventive Swedish engineer remembered
Goran Kajrup, Owner of Roundo, the Swedish manufacturer of steel bending machines, died on 20 February 2007. Russell Barnshaw, Director of Barnshaw Section …
October 2007 – Steel more cost effective than concrete
Good news on the costs front comes from the latest update of the Cost Comparison study that Corus has produced since 1995. The updated study, incorporating …