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Kelpies give the nod to steel
Complex tubular steelwork has formed two 30m high equine heads that are an integral and highly visible signpost to a large Scottish regeneration scheme. Martin …
Retail is just the ticket for station upgrade
A number of unique challenges are being successfully overcome as a steel framed department store is built beside and over the UK’s busiest rail interchange. …
Student accommodation graduates with steel
An ambitious student accommodation project is under way at the University of Stirling, a scheme that will ultimately provide 788 new bed spaces. Established by …
Art signposts seat of learning
The centrepiece of a new steel framed university teaching block is a hanging artwork of Christian symbols. The latest instalment in the University of …
Additions enhance City office block
A former banking headquarters in the City of London is being converted into a new and spacious office development with additional new structural steel …
Steel takes centre stage in Liverpool
Steelwork played a starring role in the construction of one of Europe’s greenest venues and the first to earn a BREEAM rating. In the latest of our Project …
Safeguarding road and rail with steel
The installation of new steel beams will enhance the safeguarding of a viaduct that carries a busy trunk road over the East Coast Main Line railway. Built in …
Portal frames waste treatment
An environmentally friendly waste treatment facility in Essex, housed within a number of large steel structures, has required some thoughtful design work. …
Calculating the C1 factor for lateral torsional buckling
David Brown of the SCI proposes expressions for C1 for use with linear and non-linear bending moment diagrams. In order to retain the accurate formatting of …
New and revised codes & standards – October/November 2013
CORRIGENDA TO BRITISH STANDARDS BS EN 1998-3:2005 Eurocode 8. Design of structures for earthquake resistance. Assessment and retrofitting of buildings …
