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Birmingham landmark building taking shape
Due to complete next year, 103 Colmore Row, which will be Birmingham’s tallest office building, is already towering over the city landscape. The 26-storey …
Work starts on Leeds M1 distribution park
Construction work has begun on two distribution units, totalling 5,200m² at Logic Leeds, Muse Developments’ flagship industrial and distribution hub next to …
Steel design stacks up
Structural steelwork has provided the required efficient design and column-free spaces for a new leisure centre and an academy in east London. Martin Cooper …
Factory of the future
China’s leading biologics medicine manufacturer is constructing its first ever European production facility in Ireland. Martin Cooper reports from Dundalk. …
Steel scores for City
A signature steel-framed structure housing a full-size football pitch is the focal point of Leicester City’s new state-of-the-art training centre. Leicester …
Steelwork provides safe design
Owned by INEOS, one of the world’s largest chemical businesses, INOVYN ChlorVinyls is constructing a new office complex at its site in Runcorn. A £23M …
Steelwork creates safe parking
Clad in order to reference the city’s maritime past, a new multi-storey car park in Liverpool has been built using a steel frame as the material offered the …
Offsite solutions
David Brown of the SCI reports on a recently completed research project, with some suggestions to increase still further the offsite content of steel-framed …
New and revised codes & standards From BSI Updates March 2020
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN 1090-2:2018 – TC Tracked Changes. Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures. Technical requirements for steel …
AD 439: Transverse reinforcement in composite beams
This Advisory Desk note has been produced to reflect the publication in 2015 of P405 Minimum degree of shear connection rules for UK construction to Eurocode …
