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President’s Column – September 2020
John Blackwell, Rowecord Engineering’s long-standing charismatic former MD, used to say “steelwork contracting is all about managing risk”. John’s …
President with a Big Hairy Audacious Goal*
New BCSA President Mark Denham of Elland Steel Structures wants specifiers to demand that all structural steelwork tenderers are members of the Association as …
New Presidential appointments at the BCSA
At its recently held AGM, the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) elected Mark Denham, Chairman and Managing Director of Elland Steel …
President’s Column: July/August 2020
My predecessor, Tim Outteridge, introduced the ‘President’s Column’ as a new item in New Steel Construction in his president’s profile in the …
President’s Column: April 2020
The world is facing unprecedented times. The effect of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the health and wellbeing of the nation is still uncertain. Each …
President’s Column – February 2020
There’s little doubt that climate change and sustainability are gaining momentum in our domestic lives as well as in industry. Greta Thurnberg argues that …
Presidents Column: January 2020
The adage cash is king is never more real, cashflow is the life blood for any company. Recent developments with late payments, retentions and increases in the …
President’s Column, November/December 2019
What’s going on in the construction sector at the moment? On one hand, we have the statistics implying its all doom and gloom, and on the other hand, many of …
President’s Column: October 2019
One thing that really raises my blood pressure is hearing politicians using that old chestnut ‘metal bashers’ when in fact nothing could be further from …
President’s column: September 2019
From small acorns grow mighty oaks. This well-known proverb applies perfectly to the UK’s structural steelwork sector. BCSA has many substantial member …
