Cold-formed or Hot-finished?

Here, Stewart Jones, Senior Customer Technical Services Field Engineer, Conveyance Tubes at Tata Steel discusses the benefits of hot-finished tubes in air conditioning applications. When choosing a suitable air conditioning system for an installation, the operational stresses, system pressures and level of use required are taken into account before a system specification is defined. Similarly, […]

Inaugural BISPA-in-London pipework awareness workshops a great success

BISPA (Building and Industrial Services Pipework Academy) recently held their inaugural BISPA-in-London pipework awareness workshops to educate and train end users and specifiers and create awareness on the importance of ensuring correct specifications in pipework systems. The pipework awareness workshops were held at the London Building Centre, where BISPA-in-London has installed a permanent learning pod. […]

Tubes: Check they comply before you buy

Here, Stewart Jones, Customer Technical Services Field Engineer at Tata Steel discusses the importance of traceability and compliance when using steel tubes. Competition within the marketplace is best described as ‘healthy’ and often is the catalyst for innovation and improving best practice. However, a significant increase in availability and product choice can often lead to […]

Keeping on top of tubes

Here, Stewart Jones, Customer Technical Services Engineer, Conveyance Tubes at Tata Steel discusses why continued professional development courses play a crucial role in keeping engineers up to date with the evolution of hot-finished tubes as well as legislative changes. Within the building services sector, it is important to be aware of the different manufacturing processes […]

BISPA is launched

Loughborough University launched a new Virtual Reality (VR) training service to support the building and industrial services industry in tackling the challenges of pipework innovation and energy efficiency installations. BISPA – Building and Industrial Services Pipework Academy is a collaboration between the School of Civil and Building Engineering, Tata Steel and its Tubes business and […]