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Around the Press: June 2012
Construction News 17 May 2012 Partnership delivers on lean construction [Kettering Hospital] – The design team settled on a structural steel frame …
Trusses span feature atrium
Structural steelwork has played a central role in the construction of Rochdale’s new council building, a project expected to kickstart a large scale town …
Steel supports a sporting life
A new leisure club in Worcester is taking advantage of steelwork’s flexibility and long span qualities. The sport and leisure sector has consistently been …
Stage set by steel
Built in a fast-track 32 week programme, the latest film and TV stage at Pinewood Studios has been dedicated to one of the British film industry’s most …
Shedding waste
A large steel braced structure housing three long span halls will accommodate a new recycling facility to process a large proportion of Cumbria’s waste. …
20 Years Ago: Applied QA in furnace reconstruction project
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION April 1992 Introduction A major new blast furnace re-construction project is currently under way at British Steel’s Port Talbot …
50 Years Ago: New Ascot Grandstand
Steelwork was used for the frame of the new Queen Elizabeth II Stand at Ascot, which was opened last June after a construction period of only ten months, …
Topping out a record breaker
Steelwork erection for the Shard’s uppermost levels, known as the Spire, has been completed. NSC reports from western Europe’s tallest building, a project …
Venue kickstarts town centre development
Structural steelwork is playing a starring role in the construction of a new performance venue in Doncaster. Big changes are afoot in Doncaster town centre as …
June 2012 – Building surety with steel
With this month’s issue of NSC you will find a special publication from the BCSA and Tata Steel called The Surest Way is Steel. It details some of the ways …