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Steel is just the ticket
A steel-framed solution, featuring exposed CHS columns, is ensuring a new bus station will arrive on time in
Designed for the future
A steel-framed solution has proven to be the ideal choice for a new advanced manufacturing plant in
Clydeside regeneration
One of the final elements of a prime city centre regeneration project on the banks of the River Clyde is quickly taking shape with the aid of steel …
Construction partner achieving net zero aims
Barrett Steel has continuously invested in best-in-class service for its customers by acquiring the latest processing technologies and thereby strengthening …
Liverpool’s first net-zero building gets go-ahead
Liverpool City Council has given planning approval for what is said to be Merseyside’s first net-zero in operation office block. Known as Hemisphere, work is …
Plans approved for listed office block extension
Developer Castleforge has been given planning permission by the City of London Corporation’s Planning and Transportation Committee for the refurbishment and …
Mega shed for retailer taking shape
A huge distribution warehouse for retailer T J Morris is being constructed at the Omega Business Park near Warrington. The £118M project is being undertaken …
Chorley business park gets approval
Locally-based FI Real Estate Management (FIREM) has received planning permission from Chorley Borough Council to redevelop the 21-acre Botany Bay site to …
Approval granted for first Passivhaus standard school in Ayrshire
North Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a new primary school at Montgomerie Park, Irvine, which will be built to Passivhaus standards. The primary school …
Composite slabs with in-plane loading
Although composite slabs are normally designed as one-way spanning and subject to (out-of-plane) gravity loading only, they often need to do more than this. …
