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Steelwork just the ticket
Long steel trusses, forming a large central atrium, knit together the four office blocks forming Network Rail’s new national headquarters. Known as …
Yellow becomes green
A steel frame has provided all the answers for a complex shaped storage facility in west London for Big Yellow. NSC reports. Anew energy efficient, …
All change at London station
Blackfriars Station fully re-opens early next year after the completion of a complex refurbishment programme. Martin Cooper reports on a project which has made …
A steel man for the times
There are not many who have played a more central role in the development of the use of steel in construction over the past 30 years or so than outgoing …
New drilling machine takes a bow
The recent EMO exhibition in Hannover, Germany saw the debut of Vernet Behringer’s new HD-X combined drilling machine. The company claims this unit has been …
Automation to increase productivity
In order to increase productivity and provide improved back-up to its existing production facility, Jamestown Cladding and Profiling has placed an order for a …
Steel framed schools for former mill town
Structural steelwork is playing an important role in the construction of three new schools currently being built in Oldham by main contractor Willmott Dixon. …
News in Brief – November/December 2011
Structural software developer, CSC, has released a new BIM integration tool, Revit Integrator. This free tool enables structural engineers and technicians to …
Big tubes successfully curved at Barnshaws
Barnshaws Steel Bending has completed the curving of what are believed to be some of the largest tubes ever cold bent anywhere in the world. The project …
Steel makes a splash in Dundee
Scottish Galvanizers has played a major part in the ongoing construction of a £30M leisure centre in Dundee. The Glasgow-based plant has carried out the task …
