Light Steel Frame News

Metsec Involved in Manchester Housing Development

8th August 2024
A large-scale urban renewal project will utilise light gauge steel in its construction of nearly 250 dwellings. voestalpine Metsec has been appointed by Panacea Building Systems Limited to design and supply the...
 

British Offsite Lands Dagenham Deal

26th July 2024
British Offsite is set to deliver an offsite constructed facade for a 91-unit residential project on Church Elm Lane Dagenham. London-based Major Housing Association has pledged £1million for panels with which to build a block of flats...
 

Hadley Steel Site Study Tour

25th July 2024
Offsite Construction Week has partnered up with light steel frame specialists Hadley Group, who are hosting a site study tour for architects, contractors, developers, and clients on 19th...
 

SHAPING CONSTRUCTION WITH PRECISION

24th July 2024
Providing options for both panelised and volumetric design, CPAC bring specialist services to the construction sector by offering light gauge steel components for frames, walls, floors and trusses. Light gauge steel (LGS) brings...
 

RAPID HOUSEBUILDING- UNihouse from British Offsite is a fast, flexible, reliable and competitive alternative to traditional housebuilding and offers many project benefits.

22nd July 2024
Are you getting frustrated by long-standing skills shortages and frequent project delays that often plague traditional on-site building methods? Then now's the time to try an alternative. British Offsite's UNihouse, a light gauge steel...
 

Sustainable Housing Provider Forms Partnership With Intrastack

17th July 2024
LSF specialist Intrastack has launched a partnership with Vector Homes, a Manchester-based provider of sustainable and affordable smart homes. The partnership will see Intrastack provide construction components to...
 

Metsec Underlines Commitment to Accurate Product Information

15th July 2024
Voestalpine Metsec has become one of the earliest adopters of the Code for Construction Products Information (CCPI), introduced by the Construction Products Association in response to Dame Judith Hackitt's review of Building Regulations and Fire...
 

Shaping the Future: Offsite Construction Week Advisory Group Announced

12th July 2024
The UK construction industry is set to experience a shift in thinking with the September launch of Offsite Construction Week (OCW) – an unprecedented collaboration amongst leading industry pioneers and associations. Organisers of the...
 

British Offsite secures contract for Church Elm Lane project in UK

10th July 2024
British Offsite, a division of Weston Group, has received a £1m contract from Major Housing Association in Dagenham, England, UK.  The company will be responsible for providing an off-site constructed facade for a...
 

LSF WORKS BEGIN ON NEW PROJECTS IN BURY ST EDMUND, NOTTINGHAM AND JERSEY

9th July 2024
Offsite construction and light steel frame specialist Remagin has begun work on three major projects, in Bury St Edmunds, Nottingham and Jersey. 75 Bed Care Home  The first project is to build a care home on...
 

Intrastack is setting the bar high with its Low-Rise Housing solution

5th July 2024
Intrastack, part of the Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions division and leader in Light-Gauge Steel Frame (LGSF) solutions, is announcing its new Low-Rise Housing solution tailored to meet the needs of the construction...
 

Inside the housebuilding industry – British Offsite

3rd July 2024
The housebuilding industry is a vast and wide-ranging network of people whose expertise and ambition help to shape the sector and drive it forward. Showhouse is speaking to a selection of those people to understand more about their roles, see...
 

British Offsite Factory Tour

2nd July 2024
Providing a major opportunity to take a behind-the-scenes look, British Offsite will open the doors to its Horizon factory as part of  Offsite Construction Week. Constructed in 2023 costing more than £40 million, the state-of-the-art...
 

Why embodied carbon is the key to truly net zero buildings

2nd July 2024
There is a need for Building Regulations to extend beyond operational carbon assessments to include embodied carbon if the UK is to meet its net zero commitments. Anastasia Mylona, technical director at CIBSE, explains how this could be...
 

ICW LAUNCH A NEW CHAPTER FOR LIGHT STEEL FRAMING

28th June 2024
Construction industry insurance provider ICW will become the latest building warranty provider to have a dedicated chapter on light steel framing in their technical manual, when their updated version is released later this year. ...
 

 

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