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Steel provides solutions in a fast-changing world
Nothing stays still in the commercial property world for long, although one fairly constant feature is the preference for steel construction for most …
Steel goes back to the future
This year’s Structural Steel Design Awards shortlist has been released – see News – and any fears that the COVID-19 pandemic might have impacted …
Sustainable steel supports forward thinkers
This issue of NSC provides a snapshot of many of the challenges facing the construction industry and its clients as we emerge from the second COVID-19 …
Steel sheds support pandemic strategies
The Editor’s Comment in NSC a year ago struck an optimistic note in suggesting that there seemed to be some good news ahead in the COVID-19 battle. It was …
Offices of the future demand steel’s flexibility
Twelve months ago, the first Editor’s Comment of 2020 lamented that events had thrown all sectors of the economy into even more uncertainty than usual …
Pandemic raises collaboration hopes
Contractors can just about always say they live in interesting times, but with the world still mired in a pandemic and waiting for a feared second wave amid …
Shortlist projects push the design envelope
The shortlist for the Structural Steel Design Awards has been announced and the 22 selected projects can be seen in this issue of NSC (p 14). Together they are …
Steel has post-pandemic attractions
Construction is making every effort as an industry to put the adverse impact of the pandemic-enforced lockdown behind it and to get back to as near normal as …
Steel undergoing technical transformation
Questions have inevitably been raised about how strongly commitments to achieving net-zero carbon targets will survive new and growing, and perhaps more …