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New role sought for pioneering tower block
English Heritage has rescued the world’s first metal framed building, but the challenge now is to find a new use for it. The historic forerunner of the …
A complex assembly operation
The brief for the roof of the Welsh Assembly building was simple: it should appear to float. Putting the vision into practice was more difficult. Dramatically …
Grand design becomes reality
When City financier Julian Simmonds was unable to find the perfect London apartment for himself and his family he decided to build his own. The smart money …
Fast track for New Forest hospital
Construction of a new private finance hospital for Hampshire, due to open next year, is comfortably ahead of schedule thanks to a steel frame structure. …
Ultra clean operations in Sunderland
Healthcare for residents of the Sunderland area is receiving a boost in the shape of an extension to the city’s Royal Hospital, where steel is reducing …
Dowling bows out on a high note
Outstanding engineer, academic, entrepreneur, humourist – Professor Patrick Dowling CBE, one of the steel sector’s most eminent protagonists, retires this …
Intumescents reducing developers’ costs
Nick Barrett reports from a London seminar which launched the new design and contractual guidance for offsite application of intumescent coatings. One of the …
Portals Suite – Essential reading for portal frame designers
Single-span steel portal frames are the most common form of construction for single storey buildings in the UK. In response to the questions raised by …
Letters: June 2005
NSC welcomes letters from readers on steel construction related issues. Please keep your letters brief — the Editor reserves the right to condense. Safety …
AD 287: Acoustic detailing: Steel columns in masonry separating walls
General guidance on acoustic detailing of steel-framed multi-storey residential buildings is provided in SCI publication P336 but no details are given for the …
