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ABFI Steel Group: Built for success

Roads Online

On top of providing products, ABFI Steel Group can also assist with project logistics and management. Images: ABFI Steel Group. ABFI Steel Group has been punching well above its weight for years, supplying steel pile casings and structural steel pipes nationwide, for major and minor projects.

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Expansion joint innovation on River Nene viaduct

The Construction Index

All of the joint steel components are hot dipped galvanised to 140 microns minimum thickness prior to assembly for very high corrosion protection. The ‘Quick-Ex’ removal system comprises a ‘second skin’ provided at interfaces with the receiving structure, with the modular joint bolted into this additional steel interface.

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Henley to lead Leeds mill restoration

The Construction Index

Structural reinforcement will use bespoke stainless-steel components fabricated by HZS Stainless Steel , integrating seamlessly with original timber, masonry, and concrete to ensure the building’s long-term stability. This is expected to generate more than 40,000 kWh of renewable energy a year.

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Steelwork contractors lobby for new deal

The Construction Index

More than 30 bosses of UK constructional steelwork fabrication companies have written to business secretary Jonathan Reynolds seeking a new deal for steel. But steelmaking does not stand alone; it depends on a robust supply chain of domestic fabricators , engineers, and constructors.

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Ryan Sherman Presents on Steel Additive Manufacturing for the 2023 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award Lecture

Civil + Structural Engineer

Dexter Memorial Award Lecture to members of the Steel Bridge Task Force on September 21, 2023, in Denver, Colorado. His lecture topic was “Evaluation of Steel Additive Manufacturing Experimental Results.” Recipients become guests of the Steel Bridge Task Force, which is comprised of leading steel bridge experts.

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VERSAROC® MPA1 PROVIDES ‘ROBUST’ ENVELOPE FOR HOSPITAL EXTENSION

Specification Product Update

1,200m² of Euroform’s Versaroc ® MPA1 fibre cement sheathing board was applied to the light gauge steel frame building structure by IMS Facades. It achieves EuroClass A1 Reaction to Fire according to EN 13501-1:2018 and has third party Agrément from Kiwa BDA for steel frame sheathing application – certificate number BAW-20-154-P-A-UK.

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VERSAROC® MPA1 PROVIDES ‘ROBUST’ ENVELOPE FOR HOSPITAL EXTENSION

Specification Product Update

1,200m² of Euroform’s Versaroc® MPA1 fibre cement sheathing board was applied to the light gauge steel frame building structure by IMS Facades. It achieves EuroClass A1 Reaction to Fire according to EN 13501-1:2018 and has third party Agrément from Kiwa BDA for steel frame sheathing application – certificate number BAW-20-154-P-A-UK.