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21 05, 2013

Slow boat to China

By | May 21st, 2013|Tags: , , , |

Shipping a small parcel abroad is enough to cause me to have a headache so sending massive steel structures, like aircraft hangars and bridges from a small town in Dorset to 130 countries worldwide must surely be enough to cause the mother of all migraines.

To find out just how difficult a job this is I had a chat with Ana Monti, REIDsteel’s Despatch and […]

21 05, 2013

Britain’s Steel Experts Build Bridges for Nepal’s Financial Growth

By | May 21st, 2013|Tags: , , , , |

Sabha Kholanews01Slow growth in Nepal’s exports and difficulty moving home-grown agricultural products around the country to reduce dependence on imports are getting a boost from steel bridges that are designed and built in the UK.

Helped by £3 million of funding from the British government, through the Department for International Development’s (DFID) Rural Access Programme (RAP), REIDsteel of Christchurch, Dorset was appointed by local contractor Kalika of Khatmandu to […]

9 05, 2013

Tragedy Highlights Perils of Overloading Buildings

By | May 9th, 2013|Tags: , |

By Technical Director, Rollo Reid

Dhaka_Savar_Building_CollapseLatest reports about the Bangladesh building collapse announce that 800 people are now believed to have been killed by this terrible event.

The scale of this tragedy is enormous and my heart goes out to the families and friends of all those who lost their lives.

I feel particular sadness because building safe, strong structures is something I’m passionate about. It seems to me there […]

9 05, 2013

From the Outside in

By | May 9th, 2013|Tags: , , , |

Alan Newman, REIDsteel’s Safety Advisor

REIDsteel has been designing and building structures around the world for almost 100 years but what sort of a company is it and who are the people that make it happen?

To find out I’ve been given unique access behind-the-scenes and I plan to share what I discover so you too can get an insight into what […]

17 01, 2013

Hornsey Water Treatment Works (WTW)

By | January 17th, 2013|

During 2000 Thames Water established the aquifer supplying the plant sand filters treating water had become blocked and were running slow.

It was established that this was being caused by algal blooms, which were ultimately causing production to be impacted.

The Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) process was selected as the best treatment process and to complement this a 50Ml/d pre-treatment works was also constructed which would […]

27 07, 2012

55 Gates Supplied to Major Cities in the UK

By | July 27th, 2012|Tags: , , , , , |

We have recently had a high demand for our Anti Vehicle attack gates and security barriers at a ‘major sporting event’.

The twin bollard gates system offers openings of up to 12m, and the Dragon’s Teeth system is suitable for perimeter protection of commercial operations that have vulnerable boundaries such as airports, or energy/utility sectors.

and is also an ideal reusable solution for major event organisers as […]

24 07, 2012

The Mudeford Lifeboat Funday, Sunday 22nd July 2012

By | July 24th, 2012|Tags: , , |

 

On the sunniest day of the summer so far, the REIDsteel Team took to the water for the annual Mudeford Lifeboat Funday Raft Race.

After a very convincing victory in their heat, the final proved a much tougher test for the lads, with a neck and neck struggle for supremacy between REIDsteel and the New Milton Roundtable Team.

Finally, with what was surely an […]