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Contractor named for Swansea University research hub
Kier has been appointed by Swansea University to deliver its Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM), a £30M building that will be a research …
Second city landmark
A steel-framed solution has been chosen for the construction of 103 Colmore Row, which on completion will be Birmingham’s tallest office tower. Martin Cooper …
Weathering steel checks in for airport bridge
The innate beauty of weathering steel meant it was the material of choice for a new pedestrian and cycle link to Airport City Manchester. A significant …
Flexible spaces created with steel
Sport, leisure and community facilities in the Buckinghamshire town of Amersham are set to get a significant boost when the steel-framed Chiltern Lifestyle …
Steel frames civic pride
Sunderland’s new City Hall is the latest project on a large regeneration scheme, which is transforming a former brewery site into a mixed-use neighbourhood. …
Steel’s the ticket for new rail depot
Structural steelwork has played an important role in the construction of Northern Railway’s new maintenance depot in Manchester Train services in the North …
Continual supply
Barrett Steel has been affected, along with many other businesses across the UK by the pandemic lockdown, but it has remained operational throughout, focussing …
The development of design rules for restrained columns
Following on from the previous two articles, David Brown of the SCI looks back at the development of design rules for restrained columns. Looking at the work …
AD 448: Support to profiled steel decking
It is now over ten years since the revised edition of P300 was published by SCI. This work, in collaboration with the Metal Cladding and Roofing …
New and revised codes & standards – from BSI Updates August 2020
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 1182:2020 Reaction to fire tests for products. Non-combustibility test supersedes BS EN ISO 1182:2010 BS EN ISO 10863:2020 …
