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West Midlands steel community unites to address industry challenges
29 Nov 2024
Four leading steel fabricators from the West Midlands convened recently to tackle pressing challenges facing the industry and explore potential opportunities for growth and collaboration.
President's Column November/December 2024
11 Nov 2024
Being someone who until the UK entered its first lockdown period had spent every working day either in the office or travelling to business meetings, I may not be in the best position to offer an opinion on work-life balance. Indeed, I recall the many times that our children frowned when the phone rang or the laptop was opened while on holiday. But today there is much more emphasis on getting this balance right.
BCSA launches best practice guide for designing low embodied carbon steel buildings (SCI P449)
24 Oct 2024
In collaboration with SCI, BCSA has launched Best Practice for Designing Low Embodied Carbon Steel Buildings (SCI P449) in an effort to to support Lever 1 of the the decarbonisation roadmap.
Launched today - National Light-Gauge Steelwork Specification
23 Oct 2024
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) has launched the National Light-Gauge Steelwork Specification (NLSS) to aid in addressing the housing crisis, as showcased at an exhibition opening on October 24 at the Building Centre, London. To promote the broader adoption of cold-formed, galvanized light steel, the BCSA has launched the inaugural NLSS, leveraging the material’s long-standing success in residential and other buildings. This new Specification has been developed with input from the wider construction and the light-gauge steelwork industry.
New Homes in New Ways Exhibition and the NLSS
17 Oct 2024
The BCSA is supporting the New Homes in New Ways exhibition at the Building Centre, which runs from the 24th October 2024 – 21st February 2025. It tells the story of how Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), unlocking “unlikely” land and rethinking the economics can accelerate the supply of quality new homes, with an emphasis on delivering the social rent housing needed at pace, in the first instance to get children out of homelessness.
President's Column October 2024
14 Oct 2024
The Phase 2 Report on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry was published in early September 2024 and contains some serious accusations of failings in companies and establishments that are very familiar to all of us, using terms such as dishonest, incompetent and complicit.
A warm welcome to our new BCSA Industry Member – Howmet Fastening Systems Ltd
10 Oct 2024
Howmet Fastening Systems Ltd is well known for developing and engineering innovative fastening products
President's Column September 2024
08 Sep 2024
We emerge from our short summer break with a new Government in place who have promised to bring an end to ‘sticking plaster politics’ and meet the long-term challenges that the country faces. But is this just more political rhetoric, or can we now rely on a government that really understands how UK industry works and what is needed to maintain a strong and stable construction sector?
Complete the Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDAs) Survey 2024
15 Aug 2024
We invite you to take just 5 minutes to complete our brief survey and share your experiences with the SSDAs.
President's Column July/August 2024
15 Jul 2024
A recently published report, co-produced by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and Experian, a multinational data analytics company, confirmed what we have all known for some time, that the constructional steelwork industry is severely suffering from a shortage of skilled labour and new recruits.