International airport takes shape with REIDsteel
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Ltd has completed work on a multi-million-pound development to create an international aviation hub for west Africa.
REIDsteel provided design, steel fabrication and supervision services for the ‘ultra-modern’ terminal building at Kumasi International Airport in Kumasi, Ghana.
The 130-strong business manufactured the steel structure in Christchurch, Dorset, before shipping all the component parts more than 3,300 miles to Ghana.
It also provided the roofing system to comply with a specific noise and thermal reduction specification and the high-specification glazing, including ‘statement’ curtain-walling for the elevations of the building with solar controls to withstand extreme sunlight and temperatures.
Other elements included cladding, canopies, steel personnel doors and automated entrances.
The 12,500 sq m terminal – including passenger and VIP lounges, customs zone, departure gates, baggage […]
REIDsteel strengthens senior team
Leading manufacturer John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Limited has appointed former British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) president Tim Outteridge as its sales director.
The Dorset-based company – known as REIDsteel – welcomes Tim to the position as it continues to grow in the UK and globally.
Tim, who is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, brings his experience in the structural steelwork sector to REIDsteel and supports a team of very talented engineers.
Some of the projects that Tim has been involved with include steel bridging for key infrastructure projects for both National Highways and Network Rail as well as private sector projects such as Canary Wharf, The Shard, Oxford Street, Regent Street, the British Library and London Bridge Station.
Simon Boyd, REIDsteel […]
Careers and apprenticeship show is just the job
A team from John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Ltd has been talking to prospective new employees at the Careers and Apprenticeship Show at Bournemouth International Centre (BIC).
They manned stand C5 to provide information about the range of exciting apprenticeship opportunities available at REIDsteel – including fabricator/welder, cladding draughtsperson and steel erector positions.
As a company REIDsteel is always keen to recruit locally and provide opportunities for young people, including apprenticeships, work experience placements and support for such projects as AFC Bournemouth’s Premier League Kicks initiative.
Even more apprenticeships will be on offer once we complete the redevelopment of our site in Christchurch with a cutting-edge new manufacturing facility and headquarters – whether for skilled roles in our […]
REIDsteel leads way in call to Chancellor
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Ltd managing director Simon Boyd is among the business leaders in a British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) ‘call for action’ ahead of next week’s Spring Statement.
He features in a dispatch from the BCC for the Chancellor Rishi Sunak to tackle the rising cost of doing business.
Simon calls for a rethink about the tax burden on business and the government’s proposed NI increase amid the situation in Ukraine, the after-effects of Covid and ever increasing energy prices.
Simon is a board member of Dorset Chamber, which is accredited to the BCC.
The Spring Statement is next Wednesday, March 23. […]
REIDsteel and AFC Bournemouth partner to give local youngsters chance to get active through football
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Ltd has joined forces with the AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust to deliver its popular Premier League Kicks initiative.
Through the programme, the Trust offers free football sessions to young people in some of Bournemouth’s most underprivileged areas.
The sessions run five nights a week at various locations in Bournemouth, harnessing the power of football to improve people’s physical and mental wellbeing.
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Limited – which REIDsteel is the trading name for – is a Dorset-based structural steel engineering company which has been designing, manufacturing and erecting […]
We’re hiring – Cladding Draughtsperson
John Reid & Sons (Strucsteel) Limited is seeking a Cladding Draughtsperson to join our busy Drawing Office.
The position offers interesting and varied opportunities to work on projects for our clients in both the UK and overseas.
Based in Christchurch, Dorset, we’re a well-established and forward-thinking business which values its people and has exciting plans for the future.
The role of our new Cladding Draughtsperson includes detailing cladding for steel framed buildings, structures and associated items.
This will involve the preparation of detailed cladding and decking arrangements and sheet metal fabrication drawings to enable the accurate manufacture and installation of cladding, decking, flashings, gutters and associated sheeting materials.
The main duties and responsibilities are:
- Complying with […]
