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Science campus expands
A steel-framed facilities building at the Harwell Science Campus has been designed to provide column-free testing and storage space, as well as to fit …
Steel rises on Oxfordshire science project
The latest project at the prestigious Harwell Science Campus in Oxfordshire has started to take shape. Known as the Harwell Facilities Building, it will …
Ground broken for Oxford speculative office scheme
Developer MEPC and contractor Buckingham Group have commenced construction work of the speculative Park Drive East development at Milton Park in Oxfordshire. …
Edinburgh University’s wave and tidal test facility framed in steel
The new state-of-the-art wave and current test facility being built by Graham Construction at the University of Edinburgh has reached a milestone as the outer …
Laboratory specifies steel
As well as consisting of a predominantly steel framed structure, the Medical Research Council’s new Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge has utilised …
The largest telescope in Europe
The Isaac Newton astronomical telescope at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceaux Castle, Sussex, is the largest in Europe. The main mirror is 98 in …
40 Years Ago: Chilbolton radio-telescope aerial
Taken from Building with Steel, 1966 The 82ft diameter steerable aerial at Chilbolton, Hampshire, for the Radio Research Station of the Science Research …
National Space Centre, Leicester
The National Space Centre is the UK’s only attraction dedicated to space science and astronomy. The design comprises three principal elements: a main …
