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Planning consent for major redevelopment of car plant
London & Quadrant (L&Q) and Countryside Housing have formally received planning consent for its mixed-use Beam Park regeneration scheme on the old …
Trusses provide towering support
The centrepiece of a central London mixed-use development is two residential towers supported on a series of 15 steel trusses. A prestigious mixed-use scheme …
Airport transformation takes flight
A steel-framed terminal extension building, featuring internal spans of up to 36m, is the centrepiece of Manchester Airport’s Transformation programme. …
Steel hits the right note
Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra is enlarging its St Peter’s rehearsal and recording facility with the construction of a steel-framed extension that will …
Exposed frame creates sustainable HQ
A steel-framed solution has created the desired contemporary and cost-efficient headquarters building a leading Lowestoft employer wanted. Based in the Suffolk …
Power boost from bio-energy
Ireland’s investment in green energy and waste solutions continues with the construction of a renewable bio-energy plant near Dublin. Creating greener …
Stability and second order effects on steel structures: Part 1: fundamental behaviour
Ricardo Pimentel of the SCI introduces the topics of buckling phenomenon, second order effects and the approximate methods to allow for those effects. In part …
AD 428: Draft guidance: lateral and torsional vibration of half-through truss footbridges
Purpose of this guidance This note alerts designers to the potential susceptibility of narrow half-through footbridges to excitation by pedestrians in a …
New and revised codes & standards; from BSI updates February 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN 1011-6:2018 Welding. Recommendation for welding of metallic materials. Laser beam welding Supersedes BS EN 1011-6:2005 BS EN …
Unusual Television Studio
The building illustrated is clad with 85 tons of sheet lead – chosen for its sound insulating qualities – coloured a soft grey. The cantilever doubly …
