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Steelwork’s future is bright
Steelwork contractors are enjoying healthy forward order books and have captured record shares in key markets, said BCSA President Donal McCormack in his …
Competitive sustainability boosts market share for steel
Steel has broken the 2005 record share of the multi storey non-residential building frames market, with a 71.8% share in 2006 of a market that rose by 3.7%, …
Study proves steel is sustainable choice
An audit of the CO2 emissions produced in the construction of an Oxford University departmental building comparing steel and concrete options shows that the …
February 2007 – A sustainable hance for steel to star
Hardly a day seems to go by now without some major company or organisation throwing its weight behind a drive towards a target variously described as carbon …
Competitive gap crushes concrete
Steel frames remain the fastest and most cost effective framing solution for both commercial offices and residential apartments according to the latest Cost …
January 2007 – Ground well paved for further advance
The turn of the year is a good time to take stock of progress made and lessons learned for the future. The year just passed was a good one for the …
Contractors sign up to sustainability charter
Sustainability is rapidly moving up the agenda as a procurement issue and increasingly construction clients are looking for companies which operate in a …
Competitive gap still favours steel
Structural steel remains the most cost effective option for building frames and floors in the latest update of a building cost comparison study carried out by …
November/December 2006 – Steel frames’ cost bears no comparison
Away from the headlines about steel industry takeovers and mergers and worldwide rising prices for energy, the UK’s structural steelwork success story …
March 2007 – Safety success
A main driver of the constructional steelwork sector’s aim to continuously improve its performance on all fronts has been the recognition of the importance …