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NEWS
IN BRIEF
The British Constructional
Steelwork Association (BCSA)
has announced that Dr David
Moore, currently Director of
Engineering has accepted the
position of Chief Executive
Officer of BCSA following
Director General Sarah McCann
Bartlett’s resignation.
ArcelorMittal has published
an English language version of
its Pre-design Tables for Filler
Beam Railway Bridges according
to Eurocode. The tables are said
to allow quick pre-design of
filler beam bridges with spans
up to 35m. Five categories are
considered with service speeds
up to 300km/h. The tables can
be downloaded from https://
sections.arcelormittal.com/
products_and_solutions/Our_
Specialties/Bridges/EN
The BCSA is one of the sponsors
for the international conference,
Eurosteel, which is coming to
Sheffield in September 2020.
More information is available on
the Conference website (https://
eurosteel2020.com), or contact
the conference administration on
eurosteel2020@sheffield.ac.uk.
Steelwork contractor Billington
has delivered record revenue for
the first half of 2019 stating that
a number of major project wins
has helped raise group revenue
to £47M. Its accrued revenues
generated a pre-tax profit in the
six months to June up 38% to
£2.68M. Additionally, the Group’s
operating margin rose to 5.6%
from 4.9% for the previous six
months.
Developer Chancerygate has
awarded a £10.7M contract
to Caddick Construction to
build the first phase of its Novus
business park in Knutsford,
Cheshire. At 22,600m2 in total,
Novus has a gross development
value of about £33M and is
expected to create up to 700
jobs.
Property developer Osborne+Co
has been given the go-ahead by
Glasgow City Council to deliver
a new commercial scheme
at Argyle Street in the city’s
International Financial Services
District (IFSD). Designed by
Glasgow-based architects Cooper
Cromar, the scheme will provide
approximately 25,000m2 of Grade
A office space over 14-storeys.
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