Mark Lawson and Andrew Way of the Steel Construction Institute (SCI) discuss issues related to fire resistance of buildings and introduce upcoming new SCI guidance on the fire resistance of light steel framing. Since the Grenfell...

WITH 100 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, THE AYRSHIRE GROUP CAN TRACE ITS ROOTS BACK TO 1819, WHEN IT WAS A BUILDER OF SHIPS. DURING THE 1930'S THE COMPANY DIVERSIFIED INTO THE COLD ROLL FORMING OF STEEL SECTIONS AND THIS MODERN METHOD OF PRODUCING...

FRANK AND FORTHRIGHT DISCUSSIONS WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY AT THE FOCUS ON FRAMING VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE DEBATE – FACILITATED BY DARREN RICHARDS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OFFSITE EXPERTS COGENT CONSULTING ON BEHALF OF THE LIGHT STEEL FRAME...

DAMAGE TO A STRUCTURE DURING CONSTRUCTION THROUGH MOISTURE OR FIRE LEADS TO CONTRACTUAL DELAYS, EXPENSIVE REMEDIATION WORKS OR EVEN COMPLETE LOSS OF STRUCTURE. A KEY ADVANTAGE OF LIGHT STEEL FRAME WHEN COMPARED TO TIMBER STRUCTURES IS FIRE...

Environmental discussions used to focus on lifecycle analysis including recycling at the end of a building’s practical life. More recently the focus has been on embodied carbon probably because it is a less complex calculation and easier to...

The former Co-operative building in Huddersfield town centre stood derelict for almost two decades. It has now been refurbished, expanded and reborn as Renaissance Works. The innovative transformation uses the EOS loadbearing Thrubuild® system...

The Brief: To deliver 25 zero carbon affordable homes for the local council built using Zed Pods steelwork modular build system.

About Zed Pods: Zed Pods are a turn-key modular provider with in-house architectural...

Designed to provide travellers with a speedier, greener and more efficient journey to the UK’s fifth busiest airport, the Luton DART marks a significant investment in the town’s civil infrastructure by Luton Council’s airport company London...

Caunton Engineering has constructed a blast box for warhead testing at The University of Illinois using the Steel Bricks™ modular system, which it developed in the UK with the Steel Construction Institute under license from Modular Walling...

There often tends to be a lot of constraints in construction, as there are many different challenges that businesses face and there are a lot of rules and regulations along the way as well. Because of this, the most successful businesses are those...