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Steel still the competitive option
Steel is emerging from the recession as still the framing material of choice for the multi-storey buildings market. The 2009 Market Share Survey conducted by …
An exercise in steel
A new community leisure centre and swimming pool in St Helens, which incorporates a number of sustainable features, is making full use of steel’s speed and …
Steel’s sustainability advantage
Guest speaker Michelle McDowell, Chair of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering, said signs were already being seen of improvement in the …
Bottom of construction’s business cycle reached
British Constructional Steelwork Association President Jack Sanderson said the bottom of construction’s business cycle had now been reached and government …
Sustainable schools guidance published
Target Zero the first project to undertake a detailed comparison of different energy efficiency measures, low or zero carbon technologies and Allowable …
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 …
Sustainable future will be built on steel
The misconception that buildings must be heavy to achieve optimum thermal mass is a myth that has been laid to rest by research showing that the optimum …
Sustainability strategy launched by steel sector
Corus, the British Constructional Steelwork Association and SCI have worked together for many years to promote the effective use of structural steelwork. …
SSDA 2009 – Lakeside Energy from Waste Plant, Colnbrook
A large multi facetted waste plant was erected prominently, economically and effectively close to Heathrow Airport. The Lakeside plant is a state of the art …
June 2010 – Steel’s sustainable success story
Amid all the headlines about rising raw material costs worldwide pushing up the price of steel it is worth considering that even with those pressures the cost …