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Offsite manufacturing in the frame
In this article, NSC focuses on lightweight cold formed steel products, a vital component for many steel construction projects. Designers and specifiers have …
Steel sites make Heathrow expansion hub shortlist
Heathrow has announced the names and locations of the 18 shortlisted sites that remain in the running to help deliver the expanded airport, signalling the …
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 …
Steel sites longlisted for Heathrow expansion logistics hubs
British Steel’s Scunthorpe site and Severfield’s Dalton Airfield facility near Thirsk have both been longlisted as potential offsite construction centres …
Design and construction with light gauge steel
NSC highlights some of the advantages that can be had from using light steel framing solutions. Light steel framing is an offsite manufacturing process that …
President’s Column: March 2018
I’m hearing a lot in the press about new methods of construction, with terms like ‘offsite construction’ and ‘design for manufacture’ coming up more …
Caunton holds steel bricks dissemination day
Steelwork contractor Caunton Engineering has held a dissemination day for the Innovate UK funded research and development project developing steel bricks. …
An introduction to light gauge steel
Whether it is purlins, side rails, walling, composite panels or built up cladding solutions, light gauge steel products are utilised across multiple building …
Commendation: Land Rover BAR America’s Cup HQ Building, Portsmouth
The headquarters building for Sir Ben Ainslie’s challenge to host the America’s Cup in 2021 is a steel-framed structure combining a manufacturing area with …
A lesson in offsite fabrication
The construction of a North Wales school has reaped the benefits of using offsite fabrication as weeks have been shaved off of the construction programme. …
