Category: steel
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McAlpine to build electric arc furnace at Port Talbot steelworks
Tata Steel’s EAF project lead, Peter Jones, added: “We’re delighted to confirm the appointment of Sir Robert McAlpine to support us on this once-in-a-generation investment project. Our new arc furnace will be one of the largest and most sophisticated of its kind in the world, so it is important that we work with highly skilled…
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Home help with light-gauge steelwork
Wavensmere Homes’ Nightingale Quarter in Derby features light-gauge steel framing A new light-gauge steel specification offers help for housebuilders looking to accelerate delivery. By Nick Barrett. Modern methods of construction (MMC) will be invaluable in tackling the UK’s housing shortages, and light-gauge steel will have a key role to play. Pioneers of MMC have of…
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How Mace built Landsec’s low-carbon hybrid
A hybrid steel and CLT solution, combined with a retained 1950s structure, helped cut construction-related CO2 on a Landsec scheme where Mace is main contractor. Martin Cooper reports from Southwark Targeting the highest sustainability ratings, a Landsec commercial scheme in Southwark, south London, provides an exemplary model of design, setting an industry-wide precedent for the…