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President’s Column (February 2019)

Main contractors often push the limits when drafting construction contracts for subcontract work, even though we have perfectly good standard form contracts in the form of NEC and JCT. I have seen pages and pages of ‘z clauses’ inserted into NEC contracts, and so many changes to JCT contracts that they should really be renamed. Standard clauses designed to protect subcontractors, though, simply vanish into thin air.

On the other side of the table, for some subcontractors, navigating the contractual landscape can be time-consuming and difficult, especially when ‘standard’ no longer really means ‘standard’ and those all-important standard clauses designed to provide protection and a level playing field are just deleted time and time again. Continue reading →

11th February 2019 Lorraine MacKinder
New BCSA Industry Member

BCSA is pleased to welcome Wightman Stewart (WJ) Ltd into Industry Membership. The company supplies, services and repairs metal plate forming and cutting equipment. See http://www.wightmanstewart.com

24th January 2019 Gillian Mitchell
President’s Column (January 2019)

I’ve written before about the benefits that accrue to clients, main contractors and specifiers from using a BCSA member for their structural steelwork. This is due to BCSA’s membership assessments which cover competence, capability and recommended contract size, but also because BCSA members are always up to date with the latest regulatory requirements and best practise, and have member-only access to a wide range of education and training.

Structural engineers and architects have their own professional bodies to support their education and professional development, but many of them also benefit from wide-ranging role that BCSA and its sister organisation Steel for Life play in keeping them knowledgeable about structural steelwork. Continue reading →

2nd January 2019 Gillian Mitchell
Structural Steelwork Trade and Supply

Recent trade actions have had no effect on the availability or supply of structural steelwork to the UK construction sector, nor on UK raw steel prices.

International trade has shot into the headlines recently with Brexit negotiations at a critical stage and the US/China in a ‘trade war’. The problem is that many of the articles on what this might mean for the steel sector conflate the issues and some have come to erroneous conclusions. This article sets out the facts clearly for structural steelwork.

Materials Cost Inflation: There is a broad range of factors that drive raw steel prices including exchange rates, raw material inputs including iron ore, coking coal and scrap, as well as electricity pricing. Combined with overall supply and demand, no one factor is dominant. It is also important to remember that for a typical building, the cost of the raw steel only represents 4% of the total building cost. Continue reading →

17th December 2018 Gillian Mitchell
Brexit Readiness – UK Structural Steelwork Sector

Analysis has been carried out by BCSA and its steelwork contractor member companies, in partnership with BCSA industry member companies that manufacture steel, provide distribution and stockholding services, supply structural fasteners, and plant and machinery.

A summary and the detailed risk analysis can be viewed by clicking on the link below.

Brexit-Risk-Analysis-for-Structural-Steelwork-Oct18

9th November 2018 Gillian Mitchell

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