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Work to start imminently on £80M Rochdale regeneration scheme
Willmott Dixon has won the contract from Genr8 Developments to build a new £80M steel-framed retail and leisure scheme in Rochdale. Construction work is …
President’s Column: March 2018
I’m hearing a lot in the press about new methods of construction, with terms like ‘offsite construction’ and ‘design for manufacture’ coming up more …
News in Brief: March 2018
Severfield has announced that Chief Executive Ian Lawson is leaving the firm after standing down due to illness last year. Alan Dunsmore becomes Chief …
Steel creating new Littlehampton leisure facility
A new £17M steel-framed leisure centre is taking shape in the West Sussex seaside town of Littlehampton. Replacing an existing centre, the new facility will …
Lincoln Bypass gets bridge lift
A weathering steel bridge carrying two railway lines, which forms an important part of the Lincoln A15 Eastern Bypass scheme, has been successfully installed …
Rushden Lakes phase two under way
Main contractor Winvic has begun phase two works on the retail and leisure development at Rushden Lakes in Northamptonshire. The steel frame for the 28m-high …
Contractor named for Liverpool cruise terminal
McLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed by Liverpool City Council to prepare a new cruise terminal on the River Mersey. The new facility will enable the …
UK supplier decks twin Dubai skyscrapers
Structural Metal Decks (SMD) has completed a major contract worth more than £1M, shipping more than 100,000m² of steel decking to the United Arab Emirates …
Steel maintains its dominance in key markets
Structural steelwork maintained its leading position in key sectors of the UK’s structural frames market according to the 2017 Market Share survey by …
Expansion complete at Billington’s processing facility
Following on from Billington Holdings acquisition of the Shafton Steel site in 2016, the facility has undergone a major expansion with the installation of new …
