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Engineered fire safety
The British Constructional Steelwork Association and Tata Steel will bring together some of the UK’s leading experts on fire safety engineering in two …
Engineered for fire safety
The UK construction industry leads the way in fire engineering as many of the nation’s tallest steel framed buildings demonstrate, writes John Dowling, BCSA …
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 …
Around the Press: June 2012
Construction News 17 May 2012 Partnership delivers on lean construction [Kettering Hospital] – The design team settled on a structural steel frame …
Fire protection laboratory creates centre of excellence
International Paint has opened its new £6.4M fire protection laboratory in Tyne & Wear, creating 14 new jobs and safeguarding a further 30. “The …
One coat solution for fire protection
Fire protection coatings manufacturer, Leighs Paints, has created a one product solution which it said will simplify fire protection, and reduce process costs. …
Investment in new fire protection facility
International Paint will invest £6.2M to build a new testing laboratory for fire protection products at its manufacturing site in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. …
News in Brief: March 2009
The Galvanizing Association is inviting entries to its annual awards which have been categorised as: Sustainable Galvanizing; Galvanizing in Architecture; …
BS 9999: A new approach to design of fire precautions in buildings
Since the mid 1980s, fire precautions in buildings in England and Wales have been designed principally to the provisions of Approved Document B to the Building …
AD 308: Fire Protection of Beams with Web Openings
Following the publication of RT983 ‘Interim guidance on the use of intumescent coatings for the fire protection of beams with web openings’ in December …
