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20 Years Ago: Quarry House (the new DH & DSS HQ) at Quarry Hill, Leeds
Described as a landmark building for the Quarry Hill area – which is being master planned by Terry Farrell – Quarry House includes 400,000 sq ft of office …
20 years ago: Somalia
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION February 1992 The plane from Addis Ababa to Djibouti settles onto the tarmac and taxis in two hours late, past an outgoing DC3. …
20 Years Ago: British steel, first in Kuwait
Taken from Steel Construction, February 1992 On the 16th December 1991, under the lavish splendour of five steel framed structures, designed in the bedouin …
20 Years Ago: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
Taken from Steel Construction, December 1991 The Don Valley Stadium is one of five major new facilities that have been built in Sheffield in time to host the …
20 Years Ago: Manchester Airport Terminal 2
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 The first phase of Manchester Airport’s £570 million development was recently (1991) ‘topped out’ by …
20 Years Ago: Steelwork for people on the move
First published in STEEL CONSTRUCTION, April 1991 Britain’s economic future depends on developing more efficient ways of moving people and freight between …
20 Years Ago: Aircraft Hangars
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 by Rollo Reid, BSc, CEng, MICE A mystery is lurking in the swamps in which airfields are built. From the murky …
20 Years Ago: BCSA mission to Japan
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991, Reported by Frank Glover CEng FIStructE In terms of output the British Structural Steelwork Industry is the …
20 Years Ago: New Westminster and Chelsea Hospital
A year ago, Graham Wood Structural Limited were appointed to provide the structural steel for the new Westminster and Chelsea Hospital. The contract covered …
50 Years Ago: Structural steelwork for Schools and Colleges
It is generally accepted in this age that education must remain one of Britain’s most basic and essential national investments. With a steadily growing …
