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Stadium sprints to finishing line
With less than two years to go before its official handover, Martin Cooper spoke with ODA Project Sponsor Ian Crockford about how London’s Olympic Stadium …
Four goes into one
Conder has designed and erected a lightweight steel frame for a new headquarters and warehouse to enable the distributor for grocery chain SPAR to expand its …
A wing to suit programme constraints
Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital is in the midst of a redevelopment with the construction of a new wing. A steel frame has proven to be the answer for a …
Raising the floor for Tesco car park
Occupying most of a 9.5 acre site in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, steelwork for a new Tesco Extra has recently been completed by Caunton Engineering. On the site …
Bluebirds kick off season in new home
Championship side Cardiff City (the Bluebirds) started the current football season in a new 26,800 all-seater stadium. Completed this summer by a project team …
News in Brief – October 2009
The BCSA together with the Highways Agency has formed a working group to develop a National Highways Sector Scheme for mechanical fasteners. The aim is to …
New home for historic Bodleian Library
Millions of books from Oxford University’s historic Bodleian Library are to be housed in a new steel framed storage facility in Swindon. A ground breaking …
World class academy for Manchester
The steel frame for the new state of the art Manchester Enterprise Academy has been completed by Billington Structures. The £19M educational facility will …
Wimbledon’s retractable roof scoops European design accolade
The redevelopment of Wimbledon’s Centre Court, which included the construction of a retractable roof, was awarded a European Steel Design Award at an …
Olympic media centre takes shape
The 4,500t steel frame for the London 2012 International Broadcast Centre (IBC) has been completed in ten weeks. The IBC, combined with the Main Press Centre, …
