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Apr 20
Two new offsite modular
steelwork guides available now
The British Constructional Steelwork
Association (BCSA) with its project
partners, Steel Construction Institute,
Severfield, WSP and Trimble, has
published two offsite modular steelwork
guides which are now both available
from: www.steelconstruction.info/Steel_
construction_news#Offsite_modular_
steelwork
The two guides: SCI P431 Offsite
modular steelwork - Advice to
clients and SCI P430 Offsite modular
steelwork - Design advice, are the
result of a collaborative project which
was established in 2019, with support
from Innovate UK (the UK’s innovation
agency), to investigate the opportunities
to increase construction sector
productivity by the use of offsite steel
modules.
The new client guide highlights the
benefits of increased offsite construction,
which include higher quality, faster
construction and reduced safety
risks, and presents steel solutions at a
conceptual level.
The design guide presents more
detailed design information for the
technical solutions identified during the
project for engineers and architects.
Key findings of the project included:
The use of steel composite cores could
shorten a construction programme
from approximately 18 months with a
traditional core to 10 months,
and at a reduced overall cost.
Additionally, they can
provide a precision engineered
solution and support the
Government’s drive for a
Platform Design for Manufacture and
Assembly (P-DfMA) based approach
Standardised steel columns should
be encouraged as single storey members
are easier to handle than longer
elements and more suited to robotic
welding where material handling of long
members is difficult.
The same performance as the
traditional option can be achieved with
less material by producing composite
column sections, manufactured offsite.
Other benefits include being smaller,
lighter and easier to transport.
The offsite, factory production of ‘dry’
floor plate panels provides units that are
precise, fabricated faster, while offering a
dry solution.
These panels are shallow, typically less
than 20% of the storey height, meaning
that multiple floor panels may be
transported to site in one load.
UK’s first waste plastic to fuel facility approved
In the current circumstances, SCI have postponed all forthcoming face-to-face courses. A programme of online courses is being arranged and will be publicised on the
SCI website https://portal.steel-sci.com/trainingcalendar.html. The regular programme of lunchtime webinars for members will be maintained. Further details of all the
SCI online events are on the SCI’s website.
Tuesday 21 April 2020
12.30 – 13.30 pm
Floor Vibrations
This Webinar will cover: Theory of Vibration;
Simple Methods; Finite Element Analysis;
Special cases - Light Gauge and Hospitals and
Mitigation Strategies
Tuesday 19 May 2020
12.30 – 13.30 pm
Brittle Fracture
The selection of an appropriate steel sub-grade
is an essential part of a designer’s
responsibility. The UK National Annex makes
significant modifications to the Eurocode
approach, which is appropriate for structures
subject to fatigue. The webinar will cover the
process of specifying sub-grade, both in
accordance with the UK NA, and using SCI
publication P419, which is appropriate when
fatigue is not a design consideration.
Peel Environmental – part of Peel
L&P – and Waste2Tricity have received
unanimous planning consent from
Cheshire West & Chester Council for
the UK’s first waste plastic to hydrogen
facility at the 54-hectare Protos site near
Ellesmere Port.
The £7M development will see 14
full-time permanent jobs created at
Protos with over 100 jobs created in the
North West during steel fabrication and
construction.
According to Peel Environmental, the
plant will transform how plastic waste is
dealt with in the region, treating up to 35t
of unrecyclable plastics a day and using it
to create a local source of hydrogen. This
hydrogen could be used as a clean fuel for
buses, Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and
cars, helping to reduce air pollution and
improve air quality on local roads.
The facility would also generate
electricity which could be provided to
commercial users via a microgrid at
Protos, helping to reduce reliance on
fossil fuels.
Myles Kitcher, Managing Director at
Peel Environmental said: “The creation
of this UK-first facility makes great
strides to solve two important issues; the
huge amount of waste plastic produced,
and the over-reliance on fossil fuels for
energy.
The technology has been proven at
Thornton Science Park and will now be
commercialised at Protos, before being
rolled out across the UK. This is hugely
significant for Cheshire and the wider
region, demonstrating how we’re rising to
the challenge of being the UK’s first low
carbon industrial cluster and setting a
standard for others to follow.”
John Hall, Waste2Tricity said:
“Securing consent for our first facility in
the UK is a huge step forward and we’re
delighted that Cheshire West & Chester
Council has got behind the project.
Working with Peel Environmental, we
have plans to roll out the technology
across the UK.”
Bristol’s ambitious 17,000-capacity arena
has been given the go-ahead and is set
to give the city’s entertainment sector a
major boost.
Malaysian investment firm YTL
Developments will build the new arena
– which is predicted to create up to
700 jobs and boost the city economy by
£2.2bn over 25 years – at the Brabazon
Hangars site in Filton.
Earlier proposals for venues in the city
centre were rejected, but the Brabazon
blueprint was approved by Bristol City
Council last week.
The arena will now form a centrepiece
of the wider Brabazon regeneration plan,
which also includes 2,675 homes, three
schools, a health centre, parks, a lake and
62 acres of employment space.
YTL Arena Bristol’s Managing Director
Andrew Billingham said: “We’re delighted
that the council has entrusted us with this
brilliant opportunity to put Bristol on the
world stage. It is a huge step forward for
our plans.
“We are committed to delivering a venue
that everyone can be proud of and that will
benefit not just Bristol, but the whole of the
wider city region. It will be both financially
and environmentally sustainable. It will be
flexible to attract a wide range of events to
suit all interests, from music and sport to
comedy and family entertainment.
“We’re incredibly grateful to all those
who have supported us and encouraged
us on this journey.”
Green light for
Bristol arena
project
Diary
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