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Structural Steel Design Awards 2023 – Call for Entries
23 Nov 2022
Do you have a constructional steelwork project that demonstrates exemplary sustainability credentials, innovative design, cost-effectiveness and aesthetics? If so, the BCSA and Steel for Life would like to hear from you and welcome a completed application form to enter the Structural Steel Design Awards 2023. Projects entered for an Award can be UK or internationally-based but need to have been built by a UK or Irish steelwork contractor.
Deputy President's Column November 2022
15 Nov 2022
Today, we all rely on computers, whether it's our basic pocket calculator, our mobile phone, or our home PC. But do we have the experience to know if these computers are giving us the right results?In certain instances, we most certainly do. For example, if you tapped 13 x 13 into your calculator and it presented you with the answer 1234, then you would immediately know that this result was wrong and you may then decide to find that elusive pencil and paper and go back to the basics we were...
President's Column October 2022
14 Oct 2022
At the time of writing this column it is the 29th of September 2022, sterling is practically on parity with the dollar. The first time I was lucky enough to visit the USA in 1979 you could get $2.5 dollars to the pound. Energy prices are going through the roof, inflation is close to 10% and some commentators are suggesting that interest rates could triple by next year. The same commentators talk about the recession being a soft or hard landing. I remember back to the days when I was lucky to...
Welcome to our new Steelwork Contractor Member - Loaninghill Fabrication Co Ltd
04 Oct 2022
A warm welcome to a new steelwork contractor member who has just joined BCSA - Loaninghill Fabrication Co Ltd. This family-run business was established in 1986 and started off as a fencing and blacksmith company operating from a smallholding...
Her Late Majesty The Queen
09 Sep 2022
On behalf of BCSA, we would like to express our deepest condolences to the Royal Family on the passing of Her Majesty the Queen. The world mourns the loss of an extraordinary woman and we thank her for her long service to the United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth.
President's Column September 2022
09 Sep 2022
At a recent BCSA meeting some members thought I was a little bit grumpy. Thinking about that after the meeting, with inflation running at 10% or more, energy prices going through the roof, the continued crisis in the Ukraine, a paralysed UK government and many other things we have to contend with on a daily basis, is anybody really surprised that people might be down in the dumps? Often though, when we start to feel sorry for ourselves, events happen to other poor souls that are so grave, that...
Welcome to our new RQSC Steelwork Contractor Member - HBE Services Ltd
02 Sep 2022
A warm welcome to a new steelwork contractor member who has just joined the BCSA - HBE Services Ltd. HBE Services Ltd was established in 2008. It has highly trained steel fabricators and installers with experience in new builds and total renovations.
Welcome to our new Industry Member - The Alternative Steel Company Ltd
11 Aug 2022
A warm welcome to a new Industry member who has just joined the BCSA - The Alternative Steel Company Ltd. This structural steel stockholder was founded in 1994, and holds around 5,000 tonnes of physical steel stock.
Dr Caroline Johnson MP visits Shipley Structures
03 Aug 2022
On the 14 July, amid the drama of the Tory leadership race, Dr Caroline Johnson MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham and Minister for Education (at the time of writing), visited Shipley Structures, one of the BCSA long standing members.
President's Column July/August 2022
21 Jul 2022
Steelwork contractor members of the BCSA fabricate and erect half of the structural steel in the UK and Ireland, but there are literally hundreds of other steelwork contractors that are not members. Why is that, particularly now The Building Safety Act has been enacted in English law with its increased focus on competence and capability in the UK construction industry? What better way to demonstrate your competence and capability as a steelwork contractor than by becoming a BCSA member who has...