In this issue
NSC 3
January 19
Cover Image
100 Liverpool Street, London
Main client: British Land
Architect: Hopkins Architects
Main contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
Structural engineer: AKT II
Steelwork contractor: Wiliam Hare
Steel tonnage: 6,000t
January 2019
Vol 27 No 1
These and other steelwork articles can be downloaded from the
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5 Editor’s comment Brexit uncertainty is likely to linger for a while yet, but Editor NIck
Barrett says a secure supply chain ensures the steel sector’s ability to cope.
6 News Birmingham Conservatoire wins RIBA award and the SCI hold their annual Steel
Day in London.
10 Sector Focus: Bending Section bending helps architecturally challenging projects to
be constructed economically.
12 Residential Aberdeen’s student accommodation shortfall will be alleviated by a
landmark scheme that incorporates an historic church spire.
14 Distribution Work is nearing completion for the latest logistics hub at Access 18, one
of the South West’s largest distribution parks.
16 Transport An infill roof is being constructed between the Grimshaw-designed former
Eurostar shed and Waterloo Station’s Victorian roof canopy.
18 Commercial 100 Liverpool Street forms one of the initial parts of the City of London’s
Broadgate redevelopment.
22 Distribution Initially comprising 10 plots, the East Midlands Gateway is one of the
UK’s first inland ports.
26 Technical Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the fatigue design of a crane runway
beam.
30 Codes and Standards
30 Advisory Desk AD 425 – Full depth stiffeners and lateral torsional buckling and AD 426 –
Bolt head protrusion through nuts and threads in grip lengths.
31 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features the Yorkshire
television studios in Leeds.
32 BCSA Members
34 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks
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