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President’s Column: May 2023
The draft version of the guide, Fatigue design of crane supporting structures has been issued for comment to the BCSA Process and Technical Committee. The …
President’s Column: March 2023
I think we can all agree that we’ve traded through a very difficult and unstable couple of years. One wonders how the next two years will pan out, especially …
President’s Column – February 2023
At the time of writing this article, 16th January, I read an article on the BBC quoting Anders Opedal (Chief Executive) of Equinor one of Europe’s biggest …
President’s Column: January 2023
Many thanks for Gary Simmons for stepping into the breach to write the last column in the November/December 2022 issue. I thought his article on the over …
Deputy President’s Column: November 2022
Today, we all rely on computers, whether it’s our basic pocket calculator, our mobile phone, or our home PC. But do we have the experience to know if these …
President’s Column – October 2022
At the time of writing this column it is the 29th of September 2022, sterling is practically on parity with the dollar. The first time I was lucky enough to …
President’s Column; September 2022
At a recent BCSA meeting some members thought I was a little bit grumpy. Thinking about that after the meeting, with inflation running at 10% or more, energy …
President’s Column: March 2022
The state of the world is such now, that the BBC now feels it has to explain what NATO is to its audience. It’s difficult to comprehend how anybody under 40 …
President’s Column: February 2022
The legacy of Covid is still causing problems, there is still a significant amount of money that has been artificially put into the system by most western …
President’s Column: Nov/Dec 2021
In October, British Steel announced their ‘Low-Carbon Roadmap’ demonstrating its commitment to long-term sustainable steelmaking and the delivery of …
