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Offsite Construction – Moving into the Mainstream

Sales Director of Metsec Framing, explores how the broader adoption of offsite construction could bring both financial and timescale benefits to the industry Offsite construction has been used in the industry for several years. Ideal for hard-to-access sites or builds with limited timescales, this method has been popular with construction firms as a solution for … Read more

BIM: Timing is Everything

Sales Director of Metsec Framing, explores how time is a crucial element in the successful deployment of BIM. A lot of talk about BIM As a concept Building Information Modelling (BIM) has been around since the 1970s, and despite BIM Level 2 becoming a requirement for public sector projects over £5 million this year, research … Read more

Metsec First Tier 2 Supplier to Achieve Kitemark for BIM

The UK’s largest specialist cold roll-forming company, voestalpine Metsec plc, based in Oldbury, West Midlands, was today announced as the first tier two organisation globally to have achieved the new Kitemark PAS 1192-2 from BSI, the business standards company. The Kitemark relates to BIM (Building Information Modelling), helping construction businesses around the world prove their capabilities … Read more

Metsec Achieves BIM Level 2

Specialist structural steel manufacturer voestalpine Metsec plc has gained BIM Level 2 accreditation; becoming the first cold roll steel forming company to be certified as such by the BSI, and the first Tier 2 designer and manufacturer to achieve the standard for design and construction in the UK. Building Information Modelling (BIM) Level 2 is characterised … Read more

Collaboration is All You Need

When a product is critical to the overall success of a project, it is important that the manufacturer is engaged as early as possible in order to collaborate with the full supply chain. This can result in significant cost reductions and efficiency benefits as well as, let’s face it – result in a profitable contract … Read more

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