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BCSA launches best practice guide for designing low embodied carbon steel buildings (SCI P449)
24/10/2024
Category: General
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) launched its decarbonisation roadmap in 2021, which has a total of six Levers, consisting of circular economy, direct steelmaking emission reductions, decarbonisation of the UK electricity grid, carbon capture and use and storage, and steel transport, fabrication and erection.
In collaboration with SCI, BCSA has launched Best Practice for Designing Low Embodied Carbon Steel Buildings (SCI P449) in an effort to to support Lever 1 of the the decarbonisation roadmap.
See waterfall chart below.
The guide outlines best practices for designing structurally efficient, low embodied carbon steel buildings. It highlights the significance of design efficiency as a crucial element of the roadmap, both in terms of its impact and timeline.
Read the publication here:
https://steelconstruction.info/Sustainability#Lever_1_Design_efficiency
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23/10/2024
Launched today - National Light-Gauge Steelwork Specification
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11/11/2024
President's Column November/December 2024
Being someone who until the UK entered its first lockdown period had spent every working day either in the office or travelling to business meetings, I may not be in the best position to offer an opinion on work-life balance. Indeed, I recall the many times that our children frowned when the phone rang or the laptop was opened while on holiday. But today there is much more emphasis on getting this balance right.