May issue of New Steel Construction out now

The May 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 can find it at  www.newsteelconstruction.com

May’s cover story is a hospitality suite at Thruxton racetrack in Hampshire, which features a curved structure topped with a barrel-vaulted roof.

Magna Park in Milton Keynes has been further expanded with the addition of two more steel-framed distribution centres. NSC reports on how these two large sheds were erected in quick time.

The West Sussex seaside town of Littlehampton will receive a sporting boost when its new steel-framed leisure centre opens in 2019.

Flexibility of design was a key reason for choosing a steel framing solution for a new church in the Northern Ireland town of Ballymena.

The latest building project at the London School of Economics ongoing redevelopment is the Central Building, which features an aesthetically-pleasing exposed steel frame.

Also in this issue, NSC features the second in a series of articles celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the Structural Steel Design Awards, a sector focus on computer software, a Jamestown Steel for Life headline sponsor article, as well as the usual industry news, technical article and advisory desk from the Steel Construction Institute, and codes and standards updates.