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Designs for Commonwealth stadium unveiled
Plans for the redevelopment of Alexander Stadium – the centrepiece of Birmingham’s Commonwealth Games – have been released. The venue at Walsall …
Planning approved for Cheshunt mixed-use development
Inland Homes has been granted planning permission by Broxbourne District Council for a mixed-use development at Cheshunt Lakeside, Hertfordshire. The project …
One hundred and out
The second of two commercial buildings sat on a former railway station podium in Salford is quickly taking shape. Martin Cooper reports. The 100 Embankment …
Full circle
Structural steelwork has been chosen as the framing solution for two commercial blocks on a multi-million-pound mixed-use scheme in central Manchester. A large …
Steel is just the ticket for over-station development
Structural steelwork has provided the required lightweight solution for a mixed-use scheme that sits directly above an Elizabeth line ticket hall. Martin …
Commercial scheme reinvented
Steel construction has come to the fore as a concrete-framed central London commercial block gets redeveloped with additional floor space. A growing trend in …
Added metal
A steel-framed solution has ticked all of the boxes for the Metalworks residential scheme in Slough. Second only to London as a UK location for global …
Fatigue of bracing in buildings
BS5950 states that buildings subject to fluctuating wind loads do not need to be checked for fatigue but EC3 contains no such statement. Richard Henderson of …
AD 431: Column web panel strengthening
The purpose of this Advisory Desk note is to draw attention to the contribution that full-depth stiffeners make to the shear resistance of column web panels. …
New and revised codes & standards: May 2019
BRITISH STANDARDS BS 7974 and PD 7974 Series Kit Fire Safety engineering. Application of fire safety engineering principles to the design of buildings. No …
