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Steel up for City of London Academy extension
Structural steelwork erection has been completed for an extension at the City of London Academy Highgate Hill that includes a multi-purpose hall and teaching …
Plans unveiled for Teesworks service complex
Including a 160-bed hotel, two parades of shops, a petrol station and restaurant units, Teesworks has unveiled plans for a service complex to serve the …
Contractor named for speculative Stafford warehouse scheme
Glencar has been appointed by UK logistics and industrial property business PLP to construct a 32,000m2 speculative warehouse at the Stone Business Park in …
Major Welsh regeneration scheme underway
Main contractor Bouygues UK has begun enabling works for the Pentre Awel development, which is said to the largest regeneration scheme in south west Wales. The …
Offices add to vibrant market
Steel construction is playing a vital role in the redevelopment of the Vaux brewery site in Sunderland. Martin Cooper reports from the site’s latest scheme, …
Steel scores for Toffees
Helping to form two stands and a continuous roof that requires a series of long trusses, structural steelwork is playing a leading role in the construction of …
Steel takes centre stage in Soho
London’s first new theatre in more than 50 years is at the heart of a Crossrail over-site development in the capital’s West End. FACT FILESoho Place, …
Steel highlights college redevelopment
A four-storey teaching block featuring some integral internal and external steelwork forms the initial phase of an ongoing redevelopment programme at Luton’s …
Steel creates signature support centre
The construction sector and its supply chain have joined together to support the latest Maggie’s centre in the grounds of the Royal Free Hospital in …
Use of fibre-reinforced concrete in composite slabs (part 1)
Recent years have seen increasing interest in replacing the reinforcement mesh with steel fibres in composite slabs on steel decking. In this first of two …
