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Steel in service for community centre
A steel frame has given a local church and its parishioners the community facility they were praying for. Church and community groups in Stoke Gifford, Bristol …
First building completed at Swansea University’s £450m Bay Campus
The steel-framed Institute of Structural Materials (ISM) is the first building to be completed and handed over by developer St Modwen on Swansea University’s …
Steel use on the rise for world’s tallest buildings
The majority of the world’s tallest buildings completed in 2014 used composite construction – a steel frame with concrete/metal decking floors – …
Steel gets heads up for hub development
A supermarket and leisure centre will form part of a new gateway hub to the Buckinghamshire town of High Wycombe. NSC reports. Conveniently located adjacent to …
Galvaizing supports Everton
Merseyside Galvanizing, part of the Wedge Group, has galvanized 50t of steelwork used to create a walkway to access, install, and maintain new floodlighting at …
Steel puts regeneration in gear
A new town centre is being created at the former Longbridge car plant site and phase two has kicked off with the construction of the region’s largest Marks …
Calculating the fabrication footprint
The Steel Construction Institute was recently commissioned by the British Constructional Steelwork Association to carry out a study to audit a number of its …
Steel bridge links Crossrail and ExCeL
A 34m-long steel box girder bridge has been installed as part of the construction of a new Crossrail station at Custom House, east London, linking the station …
News in Brief – February 2015
Designed by Arup, the partially retractable roof of the Singapore Sport Hub is the winner of the steel category in Tekla’s global BIM Awards. A span of 310m …
Market forecast paints a brighter picture
Our News section this month contains positive news for the steel construction supply chain as well as for its clients. The continuing strength of steel as the …