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Planning submitted for £200M central Liverpool scheme
A planning application has been submitted by Kier Property and CTP for the £200M Pall Mall scheme in the heart of Liverpool’s commercial district. The …
SSDA Shortlist 2019
A total of 20 diverse projects from around the UK that highlight steelwork’s numerous attributes have made it onto the shortlist for the 2019 Structural …
Fringe development
Located on the edge of the City of London, a 21-storey commercial building represents Phase 2 of a prestigious Aldgate redevelopment scheme. Nestled just …
Steel at home
A residential scheme in Liverpool’s creative and digital quarter is using a steel framing solution due to the material’s spanning qualities and ability …
Retail mall goes undercover
A £75M transformation of intu Trafford Centre’s Barton Square is in full swing, as a new glazed roof and dome now span the previously open mall. Martin …
Steel takes to the stage
A steel-framed commercial building forms one of the main elements of £750M mixed-use development in Shoreditch that also includes the remains of a …
Steel gives lessons in design
Steel construction’s speed and ease of delivery has proven to be of upmost importance to the project team building a new academy in Kent. Educational …
The design of tee sections in bending
David Brown of the SCI looks at the lateral torsional buckling resistance of tee sections, considering the rules in BS 5950 and BS EN 1993-1-1 In order to …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Updates June 2019
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 2553:2019 Welding and allied processes. Symbolic representation on drawings. Welded joints Supersedes BS EN ISO 2553:2013 BS EN …
AD 432: Wind loads on building canopies
The purpose of this AD note is to direct designers’ attention to PD 6688-1-4 as a source of design loads on building canopies and useful data and guidance …
