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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 …
BCSA President lauds steelwork’s efficiency and adaptability
Speaking at the British Constructional Steelwork Association’s (BCSA) 42nd National Dinner, sponsored by William Hare, BCSA President Tim Outteridge …
President’s Column: June 2019
I often use this column as a soapbox for issues facing the structural steelwork sector – who wouldn’t? But this month’s column is all about celebration. …
President’s Column: May 2019
This magazine provides engineers, architects, main contractors and clients with an enormous amount of information, technical guidance, news and case studies …
President’s Column: April 2019
Most of us already know that the government wants construction and infrastructure projects to incorporate greater levels of offsite manufacturing. But more …
President’s column: February 2019
Main contractors often push the limits when drafting construction contracts for subcontract work, even though we have perfectly good standard form contracts in …
President’s Column: January 2019
I’ve written before about the benefits that accrue to clients, main contractors and specifiers from using a BCSA member for their structural steelwork. This …
