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Green light for Redditch police and fire hub
Main contractor Speller Metcalfe has been awarded an £18M project to build a combined police and fire services hub in Redditch. The building for West Mercia …
Work starts on Carnoustie business park
Angus-based property developer DJ Laing, has started work on Victoria Green, a multi-million-pound project on the western gateway to Carnoustie, which will …
New Galashiels Academy gets planning permission
Planning permission has been granted for the construction of a state-of-the-art campus in Galashiels, marking an important next step in the replacement of the …
Top marks for steel
A London school’s expansion plans are being realised with the aid of structural steelwork, as a new building containing a multi-purpose hall and teaching …
Low carbon steel creates leisure and office space
Structural steelwork is playing an integral role in the ongoing Canada Water Masterplan, one of the capital’s largest mixed-use regeneration schemes FACT …
Outstanding steel frame
A new distribution centre at Ellesmere Port is targeting the highest level of sustainability certification and will be certified as net zero carbon in …
Steel provides the tools
Requiring a series of long clear spans and a quick construction programme, a well-known manufacturer has chosen a steel-framed solution for its new UK facility …
Use of fibre-reinforced concrete in composite slabs (part 2)
Recent years have seen increasing interest in replacing the reinforcement mesh with steel fibres in composite slabs on steel decking. The drivers are largely …
AD 500: Tolerance at cantilever tips
Although BS EN 1090-2 and the National Structural Steelwork Specification (NSSS 7th) include a permitted deviation at the tip of a pre-set cantilever, this AD …
A milestone in advisory desk notes
The issue of AD 500 marks a significant achievement in the provision of technical advice to the steel construction industry. Advice was issued from 1988 within …
