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Fire boundary conditions and the distribution of unprotected areas
The so-called “fire boundary condition” is an important consideration for designers of single-storey buildings. Max Cooper of the SCI offers some thoughts …
AD 557: Robustness and fire
SCI’s Advisory Desk has become aware of some requests to apply the “robustness” rules found in BS 5950 and BS EN 1991 in the fire limit state. This AD …
Cavern Walks – Liverpool
Cavern Walks occupies the site of the original Cavern Club where many of the Liverpool pop groups of the Sixties began their careers, the most famous being the …
Module fabrication building
for Highlands Fabricators Ltd, Nigg W. H. Mackay & Sons Ltd of Fearn have completed the European offshore industry’s largest fabrication facility in …
HS2 confirms contractor for Birmingham control centre
HS2 has appointed Taylor Woodrow Infrastructure and Aureos Rail to build the high-speed railway’s steel-framed control centre and rolling stock depot at …
Hampshire village bypass bridge takes shape
Six steel beams, formed into three pairs, are being lifted into place to form a new road bridge over the River Hamble in Hampshire. Each pair of 70m-long beams …
Brighton to get women’s football stadium
Brighton & Hove Albion has confirmed plans for the UK and Europe’s first purpose-built women’s football stadium.The 10,000-capacity ground, to be built …
All-electric West End office reaches practical completion
Derwent London has announced that its Network W1 office project, located on the corner of Tottenham Court Road and Howland Street in central London, has …
Makeover at former BBC Elstree studios
BNP Paribas Asset Management has selected McLaren Construction as main contractor for the redevelopment of the former BBC Elstree Centre, which has been …
Office development to span Bond Street Underground StationWest Endreatil
British Land has appointed McLaren Construction to deliver a new office scheme at 75 Davies Street, located above the West One Shopping Centre and Bond Street …
