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Olympic legacy on track in Derby
The steelwork erection for the Derby Multi-sports Arena, one of the first Olympics legacy projects to get underway since the Games, is due to be completed this …
Commitment to innovation with steel
Nick Barrett meets Paul Westbury of Buro Happold, an engineer who has helped design some of the most prestigious steel structures of the last 15 years. There …
Car park triggers town centre regeneration
A new 269 space multi-storey car park has been opened in the centre of Merthyr Tydfil as part of a wider regeneration scheme. Designed and built by Bourne …
Resistance factors of Eurocode 3
Load factors and their combinations were reviewed in NSC November 2012 and January 2013. In this article Alastair Hughes switches attention to γM. In order to …
Steel formulates iconic research facility
A cancer research centre in Manchester is being constructed with a steel frame to create a building that can flexibly accommodate both research laboratories …
Galvanized steel keeps leisure centre on track
Graham Wood Structural teamed up with South East Galvanizers to complete a prestigious steelwork project in Lewisham, south east London. More than 200t of …
News in Brief: September/October 2013
Three steel construction webinars are to be held: 26 September on the subject of pricing; 17 October on fire protection and 14 November on cost comparison. For …
Council restores local landmark
The London Borough of Bexley is extending and refurbishing a former building society headquarters into civic offices. The former headquarters of the Woolwich …
Bridge to academia
A new arts and innovation centre at Bangor University will provide first class facilities for students as well as becoming a hub for the local community. …
AD 377: Placement of headed stud shear connectors in troughs of profiled steel sheets with a central stiffener
Some types of profiled steel sheets (PSS) have a central stiffener in the trough, which makes it impossible to place the headed stud(s) centrally in the …
