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Work set to start on major Islington office refurbishment
McLaren Construction has been awarded the shell and core contract for the refurbishment of Angel Square in Islington by developer Tishman Speyer. The project …
Plans revealed for Warwickshire airfield industrial park
Leading commercial property developers Stoford and Gladman are to deliver a new employment park as part of plans to revitalise Wellesbourne Mountford …
Contractor named for Aberdeen mortuary project
Kier has been appointed by Aberdeen City Council and NHS Grampian to deliver the new £30M Aberdeen Integrated Mortuary at the Foresterhill Health Camp. The …
Olympia gets future-proofed
A number of new steel-framed structures will create a cultural hub, including a theatre and music venue, at one of London’s oldest exhibition venues. FACT …
Steel stacks up
Structural steelwork’s numerous attributes have come to the fore on a school project in north west London, where the material has helped produce an efficient …
Riverside refurbishment
A 1980s-built City of London office block is being redeveloped and enlarged with structural steelwork forming a south elevation that overlooks the River Thames …
Steel solution for city centre site
Structural steelwork’s flexibility has come to the fore on a city centre project in Dublin, where a new structure occupies over 98% of an existing plot and …
Technology framed with steel
A high-spec technology park near Oxford is realising its expansion plans with the aid of structural steelwork. FACT FILEOxford Technology ParkMain client: …
Rafter stiffeners – needed or not?
Zealous application of the rules in EN 1993-1-8 has resulted in stiffeners being provided in rafters at the “sharp end” of portal frame haunches – where …
AD 504: Web to flange welds in box sections subject to bending and torsion
SCI has recently been asked about sizing welds between webs and flanges of a fabricated box section subject to applied torsion and bending. This AD note gives …
