BAR NEWS
Don't Judge a Book (or Structure) by its Cover
DON’T JUDGE A BOOK (OR STRUCTURE) BY ITS COVER
Following the announcement of the winner of the Institution of Structural Engineer’s ‘What your favourite structure?’ centenary competition, one wonders if a number of mouse mats might be heading towards the bin at Corus HQ. The winning project was The Petronas Towers, an image of which Corus has used for its mouse mat.
Timber Industry fire complacency highlighted
The complacency of the timber industry highlighting the fire and structural collapse risk of only those multi-storey timber-frame structures under construction has been underlined by last week's fire of a newly built and occupied block of flats in Hounslow, London.
Reinforced concrete offers potential for discreet bomb-blast protection
The British Association of Reinforcement (BAR) has welcomed Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposals for increasing the protection for public buildings.
Reinforcement steel mills welcome further opportunity to recycle
The British Association of Reinforcement (BAR) has welcomed research by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) that has found there is a potential 70,000 tonnes of scrap steel from recycled tyres that could be used for the production of rebar.
The British Association of Reinforcement (BAR) is pleased to announced the appointments of Graham Mackenzie as Chairman and Martin Southcott as Technical Director.
Concrete answer to commercial zero carbon challenge
The Government is to launch an urgent drive to reduce the carbon emissions of commercial buildings, in particular the amount of CO2 emissions resulting from their day-to-day use.
The carbon off-setting Confidex Sustain initiative, being introduced by Corus, is being branded by the British Association of Reinforcement as a smokescreen to avoid real measures to tackle the reduction of carbon emissions.
Who pays for proposed Timber Fire Safety Scheme?
A spate of fires on timber building sites has forced the timber industry to develop a third party timber safety management scheme.
Increased global demand and prices for scrap metal have resulted in reinforcement manufacturers having to increase prices by over £100 per tonne.
