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Steel is designed for minimum waste
Minimising and where possible eliminating waste from construction operations is a key part of the UK’s sustainability drive. Nick Barrett details why …
Steel’s sustainability message goes to school
Cairnhill Structures has become one of the first UK contractors to actively take the increasingly important message of environmental sustainability into …
Adaptable steel shows sustainability benefits
Adaptability, structural efficiency and flexibility are key attributes of constructional steelwork that can be seen in buildings of all types across the …
September 2007 – Sustainably safe steel
One of the greatest success stories in the constructional steelwork sector has been the consistently improving safety performance over the past ten years, …
Structural steelwork has excellent sustainable credentials
Steel may be continually recycled without loss of properties and in the UK 94% of steel is reused or recycled. Steel structures have low carbon footprints, are …
July/August 2007 – Success follows excellence in design
Another outstandingly impressive set of entrants to the Structural Steel Design Awards has earned high praise from the independent judging panel, demonstrating …
Off-site manufacture boosts sustainability gains
The sustainability benefits of off-site construction have for long been appreciated by designers, contractors and owners of buildings. In the latest in our …
Two more members join charter
The Steel Construction Sustainability Charter has recently added two more BCSA members to its list, bringing the total number of companies to have been …
Zero carbon building envelope
Confidex Sustain has built on the success of the Confidex Guarantee, and the Corus commitment to sustainability, and offers the first carbon neutral building …
October 2007 – Steel more cost effective than concrete
Good news on the costs front comes from the latest update of the Cost Comparison study that Corus has produced since 1995. The updated study, incorporating …