In this issue
NSC 3
Nov/Dec 18
Cover Image
Twentytwo, 22 Bishopsgate, London
Main client: AXA IM – Real Assets
and Lipton Rogers Developments
Architect: PLP Architecture
Main contractor: Multiplex
Structural Engineer: WSP
Steelwork contractor: Severfield
Steel tonnage: 17,000t
Nov/Dec 2018
Vol 26 No 10
These and other steelwork articles can be downloaded from the
New Steel Construction Website at www.newsteelconstruction.com
5 Editor’s comment Editor Nick Barrett says the high praise rightly given to major
award-winning constructional steelwork projects could justifiably be given to many of
the projects routinely executed by steelwork contractors.
6 News The steel-framed Bloomberg HQ wins the 2018 Stirling Prize and two adjacent
bridges are installed in 11 hours in Cambridgeshire.
10 Sector Focus: Structural Fasteners An introduction to preloaded bolting.
12 Leisure The Sedbergh Sports and Leisure facility is set to provide a fitness boost to the
West Yorkshire city of Bradford.
14 Sport A value-engineered sports hub will help the University of Warwick achieve its
physical activity targets.
16 Education Steel is the framing solution of choice for the latest batch of schools to be
built in the North East of England.
18 Commercial Topping out at 62-storeys high, the steel-framed Twentytwo will be the
City of London’s highest tower, and second only to The Shard in Western Europe.
22 Residential Continuing NSC’s high-rise theme, a 23-storey student accommodation
development is now Coventry’s tallest building.
26 Technical Ricardo Pimentel of the SCI discusses the design of composite beams at
elevated temperature.
30 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features the
fabrication of the Irwell Valley Bridge.
31 Advisory Desk AD 424 – Shear stud length.
31 Codes and Standards
32 BCSA Members
34 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks
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