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A charter for sustainability
Eight steelwork contractors have so far been successfully audited under the Steel Construction Sustainability Charter with a number of other companies …
September 2006 – Sustainability charts the way forward
Congratulations to the eight steelwork contractors who have become the first to be successfully audited under the BCSA’s Steel Construction Sustainability …
Sustainability in action
Steel’s sustainability has been demonstrated on a recent collaboration between Caunton Engineering and Honda Manufacturing. At Honda’s main UK site in …
June 2006 – No need for Eurocode haste
There is a lot of myth and misinformation doing the rounds about the introduction of Eurocodes, but one thing that should be clear is that there is no need to …
Sustainable steel construction: the facts
Sustainability and steel construction go together more intimately than many might realise. Martin Cooper outlines the sustainability case for steel in the age …
Car Park of the Year
The steel framed St Andrew’s Car Park in Norwich has won the ‘Best New Car Park’ award at the annual Parking Review Awards held at London’s Dorchester …
Contractors choose competitive steel
Steel construction is enjoying robust health with output up 7% this year, and is looking forward to a future brightened by the prospect of a demand for …
Sustainable and flexible steel lifts Olympic gold
London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games was anchored in a promise that many of the new sport venues would be flexibly designed to allow …
October 2006 – Advance spells sustainable quality assured product
A new name for structural steel sections entered the UK market in September, when Corus renamed its entire UK market range as Advance (see News). New section …