Technical Structural Steel Design Awards 2024: Sky Innovation Centre, London The Sky Innovation Centre represents the latest phase in the redevelopment of the media company’s west London campus.
Digital Construction Cautious welcome for Autodesk and Nemetschek interoperability deal The GIIG (formerly the Government & Industry Interoperability Group, now part of nima) has given a cautious welcome to the recent announcement by Autodesk and Nemetschek that the two software giants have entered an interoperability agreement.
Technical Sustainable steel and the ‘dash for scrap’ There has been a surge in demand for scrap steel recently – but there are better ways of reducing carbon emissions in constructional steelwork, Nick Barrett says.
Technical Mace’s passport to materials reuse Mace’s steel-framed Edenica office project at 100 Fetter Lane in London features the first use of Waterman’s ‘materials passports’ system – which could transform the industry’s ability to reuse materials. Martin Cooper reports.
Video Video | Giant steel girders arrive for Hinkley Point turbine hall The first of two giant steel girders was recently delivered to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station site in Somerset.
Technical How to repurpose steel-framed buildings steel-framed buildings Existing buildings can be reused and repurposed, rather than demolished in favour of new-build, and steel-framed structures provide many examples of how this is possible, writes Martin Cooper.
Digital Construction Liebherr adds machine control to Generation 8 crawler excavators Liebherr Generation 8 crawler excavators are now available ex works with Leica Geosystems machine control.
News Structural Steel Design Awards 2023 shortlist unveiled The shortlist for the 55th Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA), jointly sponsored by BCSA and Steel for Life, has been announced.
Digital Construction Createmaster Digital Retrofit targets asset owners with all-in-one data platform Digital handover specialist Createmaster has launched Digital Retrofit, a platform designed to help asset owners pull disparate building information together in one place.
News BCSA widens steelwork register to include non-members BCSA is allowing non-members to sign up to its Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors (Building) for the first time.
Technical Steel’s leading role in the film industry Flexibility, speed of construction and large column-free spaces mean steel is the preferred framing solution for the UK’s booming film and TV studio sector.
Digital Construction Data: one of the six pillars of successful project delivery Data is one of the six pillars of governance required to achieve successful project delivery, according to new code.
News BCSA publishes updated NSSS Commentary The British Constructional Steelwork Association has published Commentary for the National Structural Steelwork Specification for Building Construction 7th edition.
News Research project to explore printed PSC solar panels Researchers at Swansea University will work with Tata Steel UK to develop solar panels that can be printed onto buildings.
News Proposal to drop anti-dumping measures on Chinese steel ‘utter madness’ A proposal by Britain’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) to drop measures to limit the import of Chinese reinforcement steel are “utter madness”.
Technical Creating safer steel facades post-Grenfell The steel sector has responded to post-Grenfell fire safety concerns with a new steel facade system, writes Jonathan Arnold.
News Laing O’Rourke installs first steel ‘super column’ at Everton’s Bramley-Moore Dock stadium Laing O’Rourke has installed the first 18t internal ‘super column’ in the north-west corner of Everton FC’s new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium.
News ISG to track reused steel’s journey through supply chain ISG is among a group of companies that will track the journey of reused steel through the supply chain from start to finish in a bid to encourage new circular economy business models.
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