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Steel completed for Metropolitan Police headquarters
Structural steelwork has topped out on the redevelopment of the former Metropolitan Police headquarters at Curtis Green Building on London’s Victoria …
Steel providing a safe design for petrochemical headquarters
A steel frame designed specifically to withstand a blast scenario is taking shape at the INEOS petrochemical facility at Grangemouth in Scotland. More than …
Construction boost for Plymouth city centre
The £40M Drake Circus Leisure scheme has been granted planning consent by Plymouth City Council. The 92,000m² steel-framed leisure scheme will include a …
Composite beam checking tool upgraded
The Composite Beam Checking Tool on www.steelconstruction.info has been upgraded to include the latest guidance in SCI-P405 Minimum degree of shear connection …
Oxford technology park gets go ahead
Joint developers Hill Street Holdings and Bloombridge have secured planning permission for a £90M steel-framed technology park in Oxford. The UMC-designed …
South entrance arrives at Leeds station
Thousands of commuters in Yorkshire are now enjoying quicker and easier journeys since the new £20M steel-framed south entrance at Leeds station was …
News in Brief: February 2016
Bernard Shuttleworth, BCSA President from 1986-88, died on 28 December. During his long career in the steelwork sector, Bernard was Managing Director of Robert …
Sponsors sign up for Steel for Life
The first sponsors have signed up to the constructional steelwork supply chain’s new market development programme, Steel for Life, which has been established …
Plans submitted for City of London’s tallest tower
The City of London’s skyline could be radically altered yet again as plans for a 309.6m-tall tower have been submitted for planning approval. The new tower …
Steel up for Met office supercomputer buildings
Steelwork erection has been completed on the £97M project to build accommodation for the Met Office’s new weather forecasting supercomputer at Exeter …
