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Retirement leaves a hole in tubes
Eddie Hole of Corus Tubes who has been one of the best known faces on the tubular steelwork scene for many years has retired. He tells Nick Barrett how Tubes …
China shipping drops anchor at Felixstowe
An exciting new headquarters building is bringing a new style of architecture to one of the UK’s busiest ports, as Margo Cole reports. The Suffolk port of …
Steel tops the shopping list
A steel framed structure was the answer to a very tight construction programme for the latest IKEA store. The fifteenth and latest IKEA store is due to open in …
Winners of architectural awards announced
At a ceremony held at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Ben Burley and Kyle Buchanan from Cambridge School of Architecture scooped the first …
Corus undergraduate design awards
This year’s competition involved designing either a bridge over a deep gorge or a high-level access building for a rollercoaster. The winners of this …
Record entry again expected for Design Awards
The sponsors of the Structural Steel Design Awards, the BCSA, Corus and the SCI, have invited entries for the 2007 competition. The organisers are again …
Hull city centre gets a make-over
Steel is playing an important role in Kingston-upon-Hull’s on-going city-centre regeneration scheme. Overall known as St Stephen’s, the £160M retail and …
Eurocodes on the web
A new website dedicated to information on the application of Eurocode 3 for steel and Eurocode 4 for composite construction has been launched. Known as …
News in Brief: September 2006
The SCI will hold its annual lunch on 16 November at London’s Landmark Hotel. For further information contact Clare Convy, Tel: 01344 636549, …
Former BCSA President dies
Wilfred Fletcher CBE who was BCSA President from 1972 to 1975 has died at the age of 93. Mr Fletcher was well known as he had spent 40 years in the steel …
