March issue of New Steel Construction out now

The March issue of New Steel Construction (NSC) is now available in both digital and print formats that will be arriving in the post this week.

Anyone who does not receive the print magazine and would like a free subscription (UK and Ireland only) should visit: www.steelconstruction.info while readers who prefer the digital offering of NSC, this is available at: www.newsteelconstruction.com

This month’s cover story is Building S1 in London’s King’s Cross. This is the second of twin commercial buildings that have both been designed to look like they have been pulled apart from one larger mass.

Steel construction has been used for its ease and speed of delivery for the latest waste-to-energy scheme in Cheshire. All of the facility’s main structures; a boiler house, turbine hall, and a fuel unloading and handling building, are all steel-framed.

A new college in St Andrews is the sixth educational scheme in Fife to use the tried and tested construction solution of using steelwork in conjunction with precast flooring planks.

In North Wales, the Adventure Parc Snowdonia, which includes the world’s first artificial surfing lagoon, is constructing a steel-framed hotel that includes 106-bedrooms, a spa and conference facilities.

The commercial sector in Manchester has seen record levels of activity in recent years, NSC reports from Eleven York Street, one of the schemes set to complete this year.

NSC also features a Sector Focus article on steel stockholders, industry news, a technical article and advisory desk from the Steel Construction Institute, and codes and standards updates.