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Work starts on South Bank ITV studios redevelopment
Initial demolition work has begun on the redevelopment of the former ITV studios on London’s South Bank. Set to complete in 2029, the commercially-led …
Appointment made for Milton Keynes distribution park
GMI Construction has been awarded the contract to deliver high-specification warehouse units totalling over 16,258m2 at Precedent Drive, Milton Keynes. Working …
Plans in for Barnet leisure and housing scheme
Following the purchase of the site, Regal has submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of Great North Leisure Park in the London Borough of …
Carbon reduction
A sustainable design, using steelwork sourced from facilities powered by renewable energy, is delivering a desirable City of London commercial scheme. FACT …
Hub spurs regeneration
Big changes are afoot in Radcliffe, as a town centre redevelopment is underway with a steel-framed Civic Hub that includes a swimming pool and library taking …
Looking to the future
Teesside University’s ambitious masterplan is continuing with the construction of the £40M steel-framed Digital Life building at its Middlesbrough campus. …
Back to school
Structural steelwork is proving to be the ideal framing solution for a school rebuilding programme near Newtownards in Northern Ireland. FACT FILEStrangford …
Steel gives lesson in efficient design
In the first of two articles highlighting the educational sector in Northern Ireland, NSC reports on a steel-framed scheme bringing together two schools from …
What is fire resistance?
Graham Couchman of the Steel Construction Institute charts the history of fire resistance in structural engineering, and concludes that designs, in the most …
AD 537: Web resistance
The Blue Book contains values of web resistance, for various stiff bearing lengths, ss. During the work to prepare for the “Generation 2” changes, it has …
