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Steel addition for data campus
With a sustainable design at its core, a new Administrative Building, located on a confined site, will provide a data provider with better and more efficient …
Sustainable choices
Steel sections from the most sustainable sources available have contributed to more than 90% of the main frame for the Holborn Viaduct commercial scheme. FACT …
Carbon neutral leisure
Aiming to achieve the highest sustainability ratings, Epping’s new steel-framed leisure centre is set to provide the Essex town with an economic and …
Low carbon offices
A hybrid steel and CLT solution, combined with a retained 1950s structure is said to have played a major role in reducing construction related CO2 on a …
What’s changing in the updated FprEN 1993 Eurocode 3 – Design of Steel Structures?
A European Design Standard, with country specific annexes and design guides Eurocode 3 provides both general and structure specific recommendations for the …
Design at elevated temperatures – unrestrained beams
Previous articles on the design of members at elevated temperatures covered restrained beams and columns. This third article in the series by David Brown of …
AD 541: Imposed roof loads in combination with PV
Photovoltaic arrays (PV) are becoming common on roofs. They’re increasingly being added to new structures and retrofitted to existing ones. The UK National …
New and revised codes and standards: from BSI Updates March 2025
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 19650-6:2025Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building …
Structural Steel in the Nuclear Power Industry
From Building with SteelFebruary 1960 Structural steelwork is marching with the times. Nuclear power stations – virtually unthought of a decade ago …
MP backs steelwork contractor’s push for a clean energy future
Douglas Alexander, MP for Lothian East has visited Tranent-based steelwork contractor Had Fab, to discuss key issues affecting the industry and opportunities …
