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Report Summary

  • 28

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    47% of other websites

  • 94

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 83% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 97

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    91% of websites

steelconstruction.org

Home | British Constructional Steelwork Association | BCSA

Page Load Speed

2.8 sec in total

First Response

185 ms

Resources Loaded

2.1 sec

Page Rendered

518 ms

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Key Findings

We analyzed Steelconstruction.org page load time and found that the first response time was 185 ms and then it took 2.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

steelconstruction.org performance score

28

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.2 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.3 s

5/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value6.2 s

43/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value1,730 ms

10/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.003

100/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value10.8 s

22/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

steelconstruction.org

185 ms

bcsa.org.uk

488 ms

fontawesome.min.css

83 ms

brands.min.css

161 ms

solid.min.css

237 ms

Our browser made a total of 65 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Steelconstruction.org, 91% (59 requests) were made to Bcsa.org.uk and 3% (2 requests) were made to Fonts.gstatic.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (788 ms) relates to the external source Bcsa.org.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 159.3 kB (8%)

Content Size

2.0 MB

After Optimization

1.8 MB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Steelconstruction.org main page is 2.0 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 40% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 1.7 MB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-85%

Potential reduce by 45.6 kB

  • Original 53.4 kB
  • After minification 38.5 kB
  • After compression 7.8 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 14.9 kB, which is 28% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 45.6 kB or 85% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-4%

Potential reduce by 62.2 kB

  • Original 1.7 MB
  • After minification 1.6 MB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Steelconstruction images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 21.0 kB

  • Original 186.8 kB
  • After minification 186.8 kB
  • After compression 165.8 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 21.0 kB or 11% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-36%

Potential reduce by 30.5 kB

  • Original 85.1 kB
  • After minification 85.1 kB
  • After compression 54.6 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Steelconstruction.org needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 30.5 kB or 36% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 11 (19%)

Requests Now

59

After Optimization

48

  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 59 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Steelconstruction. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 8 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 5 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

steelconstruction.org

steelconstruction.org

185 ms

bcsa.org.uk

bcsa.org.uk

488 ms

fontawesome.min.css

fontawesome.min.css

83 ms

brands.min.css

brands.min.css

161 ms

solid.min.css

solid.min.css

237 ms

site.css

site.css

456 ms

cookieControl-9.x.min.js

cookieControl-9.x.min.js

37 ms

api.js

api.js

39 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

389 ms

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

bootstrap.bundle.min.js

418 ms

bootbox.min.js

bootbox.min.js

336 ms

jquery.validate.min.js

jquery.validate.min.js

311 ms

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

jquery.validate.unobtrusive.min.js

313 ms

site.js

site.js

405 ms

css2

css2

37 ms

logo-header.jpg

logo-header.jpg

92 ms

Join%20BCSA.png

Join%20BCSA.png

86 ms

BCSA%20Group%20of%20Companies.png

BCSA%20Group%20of%20Companies.png

86 ms

Our%20Team.png

Our%20Team.png

87 ms

BCSA%20Governance.png

BCSA%20Governance.png

87 ms

Membership%20Directories.png

Membership%20Directories.png

87 ms

Building%20Category.png

Building%20Category.png

137 ms

Bridgeworks%20Category.png

Bridgeworks%20Category.png

160 ms

Industry%20Members.png

Industry%20Members.png

160 ms

Corporate%20Members.png

Corporate%20Members.png

161 ms

RQSC%20icon.png

RQSC%20icon.png

159 ms

Sustainability.png

Sustainability.png

160 ms

BIM.png

BIM.png

215 ms

Member%20benefits.png

Member%20benefits.png

237 ms

Membership%20Categories.png

Membership%20Categories.png

239 ms

Membership%20Resources.png

Membership%20Resources.png

239 ms

Fabrication%20Technical%20and%20Design.png

Fabrication%20Technical%20and%20Design.png

237 ms

Law%20and%20Contracts.png

Law%20and%20Contracts.png

237 ms

Commercial.png

Commercial.png

291 ms

Health%20and%20Safety.png

Health%20and%20Safety.png

314 ms

Training.png

Training.png

313 ms

Steel%20for%20Life.png

Steel%20for%20Life.png

315 ms

SSDA.png

SSDA.png

316 ms

Committees%20Regional%20Meetings.png

Committees%20Regional%20Meetings.png

316 ms

Home%20page%20banner%205.jpg

Home%20page%20banner%205.jpg

515 ms

Home%20page%20banner%206.jpg

Home%20page%20banner%206.jpg

611 ms

Home%20page%20banner%203%20bridge.jpg

Home%20page%20banner%203%20bridge.jpg

611 ms

bcsa-watermark.png

bcsa-watermark.png

390 ms

inset-about-us.png

inset-about-us.png

391 ms

inset-member-directories.png

inset-member-directories.png

392 ms

inset-join-bcsa.png

inset-join-bcsa.png

468 ms

inset-resources.png

inset-resources.png

469 ms

Gary%20Simmons.jpg

Gary%20Simmons.jpg

469 ms

narrow-banner-looking-for-member.jpg

narrow-banner-looking-for-member.jpg

622 ms

67-23%20NSSS%20Corrigenda%202023%20Cover.jpg

67-23%20NSSS%20Corrigenda%202023%20Cover.jpg

624 ms

NSSS%207th%20Edition%20-%201st%20Revision%20-%20Front%20cover.jpg

NSSS%207th%20Edition%20-%201st%20Revision%20-%20Front%20cover.jpg

696 ms

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ijwGs572Xtc6ZYQws9YVwllKVG8qX1oyOymuFpm5ww.ttf

23 ms

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ijwGs572Xtc6ZYQws9YVwllKVG8qX1oyOymu8Z65ww.ttf

25 ms

fa-solid-900.ttf

fa-solid-900.ttf

788 ms

fa-brands-400.ttf

fa-brands-400.ttf

623 ms

Allocation%20of%20Design%20Responsibilities%20in%20Constructional%20Steelwork.jpg

Allocation%20of%20Design%20Responsibilities%20in%20Constructional%20Steelwork.jpg

667 ms

group-1-bcsa.png

group-1-bcsa.png

691 ms

group-2-steel-for-life.png

group-2-steel-for-life.png

702 ms

group-3-sccs.png

group-3-sccs.png

709 ms

steel_construction_info.png

steel_construction_info.png

695 ms

group-5-ss-awards.png

group-5-ss-awards.png

711 ms

group-6-nsc.png

group-6-nsc.png

725 ms

icon-email.png

icon-email.png

744 ms

icon-phone.png

icon-phone.png

761 ms

bcsa-logo-white.png

bcsa-logo-white.png

718 ms

Accessibility Review

steelconstruction.org accessibility score

94

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

steelconstruction.org best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

steelconstruction.org SEO score

97

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    EN

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Steelconstruction.org can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and it matches the claimed language. Our system also found out that Steelconstruction.org main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

steelconstruction.org

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Steelconstruction. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: