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Calculating the fabrication footprint
The Steel Construction Institute was recently commissioned by the British Constructional Steelwork Association to carry out a study to audit a number of its …
Steel sector publishes guide on embodied carbon
Tata Steel and the British Constructional Steelwork Association have published a guide on embodied carbon, the latest in their series of steel construction …
Cost comparison update
Steel remains the most cost competitive framing solution for modern office buildings according to the latest update in the series of cost comparison studies …
May 2012 – Steel wins carbon comparison
We reported last month on research showing that steel frames still dominate the market for multi storey and single storey buildings; this month we report on …
March 2010 – Steel tops low carbon class
Head teachers sitting in the award winning new modern schools of the sort that steel construction provides can award themselves gold stars for their …
Part L consultation
The public consultation on changes to Part L of the Building Regulations closes this month. It is proposed that the 2010 revision leads to a 25% reduction, …
March 2009 – Building towards zero carbon
Steel and sustainability go hand in hand. The case for selecting the most recycled material in the world for constructing buildings, bridges and other …
June 2007 – Sustainability is good business
The drive towards increasing sustainability of buildings was boosted recently by news from property developer British Land that it aims to become carbon …
Steel increases record market share
A year ago Corus predicted that the future success of steel would increasingly hinge on getting across messages to the market about the wider sustainability …
Responsible sourcing embodied in steel
Better news has been coming recently from industry forecasters about the prospects for workloads increasing in the vital commercial and infrastructure sectors, …