Fabricator ordered to pay £200k to ex-employees

A Hampshire metal fabricator has been ordered to pay more than £220,000 in a series of employment tribunal judgements for unlawful deductions of pay and sacking staff without notice. Eleven separate cases were brought against Gosport-based Bailey Fabrications by former workers at the company, with… The post Fabricator ordered to pay £200k to ex-employees appeared first on Construction News.

ALPOLIC Launches the First Non-combustible MCM for U.S. Market

Discover the first, patent-pending non-combustible metal composite material for the U.S. market from ALPOLIC. The post ALPOLIC Launches the First Non-combustible MCM for U.S. Market appeared first on Construction Specifier.

Welding Gases on Site: Choosing the Right Cylinder for the Job

The post Welding Gases on Site: Choosing the Right Cylinder for the Job appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Ask three welders on a site which gas to run and you can get three answers, because the right one depends on the metal in front of them, the process they are using and the conditions they are working in. The gas is not an afterthought to the welder, the machine and the wire. It […]

Why San Diego Homeowners Are Switching to Metal Roofing (And What the UK Can Learn from it)

The post Why San Diego Homeowners Are Switching to Metal Roofing (And What the UK Can Learn from it) appeared first on UK Construction Blog. San Diego isn’t a city you’d typically look to for roofing inspiration. Yet quietly, across its sun-drenched suburbs and coastal neighbourhoods, a significant shift is underway. Homeowners are tearing off ageing asphalt shingles and replacing them with metal roofing systems, and the reasons behind that switch are more universally relevant than you might expect. In […]

Hard Winter Blamed for Overpass Spalling Incidents Near NYC's George Washington Bridge

Falling concrete and metal debris on approaches to key New York City connector has raised urgent safety concerns after two incidents in May injured motorists and exposed vulnerabilities of aging infrastructure.

Practical Engineering - You Spend More on Rust Than Gasoline (Probably), 02082022

The colossal cost of a simple chemical reaction! Metals are so necessary and important to modern society that we’ll never escape the problem of corrosion, but the field of corrosion engineering continues to advance so that we can learn more about how to manage it and mitigate its incredible cost

Metal Market Magazine, March 2022

The Metal Market Magazine reviews both steel and non-ferrous news developments and provides analysis of market trends (from Fastmarkets' research team) as well as several other interesting reviews

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