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A warm welcome to our new BCSA Industry Member - Cast Connex UK Ltd
27 Jun 2024
CAST CONNEX provides pre-engineered or bespoke connectors to simplify the design of structures.
President's Column June 2024
17 Jun 2024
If anyone read the article written by Hugo Rifkind entitled ‘Horizon was ‘computer says no’ on a vast scale’, which was published in The Times newspaper in January of this year, or indeed you remember my inaugural NSC column as Deputy President back in December 2022, then please accept my apologies because you will already be familiar with the concerns and arguments that I feel the need to reiterate below.
Judith Cummins MP Visits Barrett Steel To Discuss Industry Concerns
13 Jun 2024
Judith Cummins, MP for Bradford South, recently visited Barrett Steel in Bradford, a prominent constructional steel stockholding company located in her constituency.
President's Column May 2024
13 May 2024
In January of this year, the BCSA hosted the inaugural meeting of the Young Person’s Working Group at Carrwood Park in Leeds, which was attended by over 20 representatives of our member companies.
A warm welcome to our new BCSA Stakeholder Member – Thames Welding Ltd
07 May 2024
Thames Welding offers expert welding advice, training, certification and consultation to companies working with structural steel and aluminium.
President's Column April 2024
15 Apr 2024
Until the construction industry develops zero-carbon materials, we all must applaud and recognise the current recommendations to “use less stuff” when designing our steel buildings. Part of this current strategy is to design our buildings more efficiently by reducing the weight of the steel frame, which then requires less raw material and therefore results in lower greenhouse gas emissions at source.
Complete the NSC Readership Survey to be in with a chance of winning 2 tickets to the SSDAs 2024
06 Apr 2024
A lucky respondent to our New Steel Construction Reader Survey can win two tickets to the Structural Steel Design Awards event in London on 26 September 2024. The survey is the fi rst carried out for some years and is designed to confi rm, among other things, the frequency and format readers would prefer to have the magazine, and the related weekly news email delivered in future.
A warm welcome to our new BCSA Stakeholder Member – Magna Inspections
14 Mar 2024
Established in 2006, Magna Inspections are an independent Welding Inspection company, based in East Yorkshire, offering services across the UK and Europe.
A warm welcome to our new BCSA RQSC for Buildings Member – Nationwide Structures Ltd
12 Mar 2024
Nationwide Structures was founded in 2000 and works nationally on projects in the commercial, residential, industrial, leisure and education sectors.
President's Column March 2024
11 Mar 2024
An article entitled “The engineering behind nuclear grade steel as used at Hinkley Point C” was published in the New Civil Engineer (NCE) on 19th Jan 2024. While I cannot contest the individual statements contained within the article, the implication I got from reading the full text is that we have a significantly limited supply of UK steel that is suitable for use on nuclear sites.