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20 Years Ago: Waterloo International trial roof erection
The successful trial erection of a bay of the roof for BR’s £120 million Waterloo International Terminal has been carried out at Wetherby, Yorkshire. The …
20 Years Ago: Liverpool Street Station
A Structural Steel Design Awards winner taken from the December 1991 issue of Steel Construction Liverpool Street Station is being modernised within the …
Practical guide to weld inspection published by BCSA
The ‘Guide to Weld Inspection for Structural Steelwork’ (Pub No. 54/12) has been published by the BCSA to provide invaluable information for those involved …
Rapid rail system aids quick steel assembly
The new Rapid Rail Support System launched by Metsec is said to allow steel erectors to assemble the side rail supports without the need for tools, nuts, bolts …
Sculpture immortalises Big Yin
A steel sculpture of Billy Connolly (Big Yin) has been erected to signal the completion of the first phase of a landmark residential housing project in …
Steel supports major Clydeside success
The latest in our occasional series of visits to completed projects takes Nick Barrett to Glasgow, where the Riverside Museum of transport is proving to be a …
Residences framed in steel
A major regeneration development of apartments on a prominent canalside location in Walsall has benefited from the use of structural steelwork. Martin Cooper …
Steel to the rescue
Flexibility and speed of erection were behind the decision to choose structural steelwork as the framing material for four new fire stations in …
Steel scores for football centre
St. George’s Park will provide an array of accessible multi-sports facilities with accompanying training and sports medicine units as well as top of the …
Community schools for former mill town
As part of the Academies framework, three new steel framed schools are taking shape in Oldham. Here NSC reports on the progress of each. At its peak in the …
