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Why specify Advance Sections from Corus
As well as simple compliance with CPD and an enhanced range of sections to help maximise design effectiveness, specifying Advance sections from Corus brings a number of other benefits.
Commitment to technical development
Corus was the first steelmaker in the world to gain approval to CE mark its structural sections and plates to meet the CPD requirements. Advance sections from Corus were also the first in the world to achieve the tough Lloyds Register Materials Quality scheme and are still one of the few section ranges manufactured outside Japan to carry approvals from the Japanese Institute for Standardisation
Significant investment in the manufacturing technology at our Advance section rolling mills at Scunthorpe and Teesside puts them amongst the most advanced in the world. Where the application needs it, we can produce structural sections to the most demanding of specifications, well beyond the minimum requirements set by national and international standards for dimensional tolerance and material performance. Subject to volume requirements, our tight manufacturing control enables us to produce bespoke sections where the depth and flange/web thickness of a section can be tailored to the particular needs of the project. Please contact us if you want to discuss particular product requirements beyond our standard range.
Our Advance sections rolling programme offers unrivalled availability ensuring that the products you specify are available when you need them. Our world-class automated distribution warehouse at Scunthorpe will ensure that products are despatched on time and in the best possible condition. Free technical advisory services are available to assist with all aspects of the use of our products from initial material selection through to structural design and associated issues including fire engineering, corrosion, acoustic and vibration performance.
We are is committed to improving the effective application of steel in construction. Long-term investment in developments such as plastic design, fire engineering and composite construction has helped position structural steel as the preferred choice for the structural frame of industrial and commercial buildings in the UK. Research work on acoustics and vibration performance is now also showing steel to be an effective choice in the health and residential markets. Significant work on steel’s contribution to sustainable development is ongoing along with the production of application guidance to help in the introduction of harmonised European design codes and ensure that construction clients, customers and designers are able to continue to make the most effective use of steel.
Steel construction products have many of the qualities that help to achieve the balance between the environmental, economic and social performance that is so important to sustainable development. Corus takes its corporate responsibilities for health, safety and the environment very seriously. We also recognise that our operations influence the societies we operate in and take an active role in a broad range of community initiatives. Our latest corporate responsibility report can be downloaded from www.corusgroup.com or you can contact us for a copy.
