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Accommodating steel
A high-rise residential scheme in Salford is making use of steelwork’s speed of construction to deliver its first apartment block. Located adjacent to the …
Extreme construction
After two Antarctic summer seasons of work, a new steel-framed wharf has been completed at the Rothera Research Station in readiness for the arrival of the new …
Village community in the frame
Structural steelwork has ticked all the boxes for an efficient design and a speedy construction of a retirement village in Kent. The housing shortage across …
Steel frames sustainability
Offering around 29,000m² of Grade A office space, 177 Bothwell Street is set to become Glasgow’s largest and most ambitious office block. The drive and …
Efficient spans for excellent hub
A series of individually-designed portal frames has proven to be the most cost-efficient solution for a major Co-op distribution centre. Situated close to the …
Investing in cutting-edge technology
National Tube Stockholders’ most recent investment of over £2M has included the addition of two state-of- the-art tube lasers for profiling up to 610mm …
Shelf angle floor beams in fire
Mark Lawson, Consultant to The Steel Construction Institute, discusses the resistance of unprotected shelf angle floor beams at elevated temperatures. In order …
AD 453: Accumulated deviations in erected steelwork
Questions about tolerances continue to arrive at SCI’s Advisory Desk – often concerning the potential to sum all the possible deviations to reach a …
New and revised codes & standards, from BSI Updates October 2020
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS 8579:2020 Guide to the design of balconies and terraces no current standard is superseded BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 2560:2020 Welding …
House and Studio
Richard + Su Rogers believe in using available materials to create individual houses by industrialised techniques. John Young here describes two recent …
