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Planning secured for major Surrey data centre
Real estate investor Castleforge and Galaxy Data Centers have secured planning permission for a new 15MW data centre in Redhill, Surrey. Situated on the …
Panattoni plans 23-acre Wakefield logistics scheme
Developer Panattoni has acquired a 23-acre site at Wakefield Europort for its latest logistics scheme. The 46,450m2 speculative warehouse will target BREEAM …
Northumberland business park to create 2,000 jobs
Arlington Real Estate has received unanimous approval from Northumberland County Council for its 126-acre West Hartford Park development, which could create up …
Spades in the ground for Excellent Birmingham warehouse
Caddick Construction and property developer Barberry have started work on a £17 million warehouse development at Quinton Business Park in Birmingham. The …
Down on the farm
Providing proof that steel-framed structures are ideal for the agricultural sector; the material’s numerous design and construction attributes have come to …
Reduced carbon steel solution
Voestalpine Metsec has manufactured and supplied Steel Framing Systems (SFS) in its reduced carbon steel option, Metsec Decarb, for the construction of a new …
UK steel strategy
The constructional steelwork sector remains supportive of the UK Steel Strategy and a sustainable and financially viable steel production industry, but the …
Sourcing steelwork
The UK’s ability to supply its own steel has diminished over recent decades, increasing the reliance on imports. NSC reports on where the nation’s …
Longitudinal and transverse material properties for cold-formed structural elements
Andrew Way of the SCI and Stephen Hall of Hadley Group examine the complexities of material properties for thin-gauge steel. The potential difficulties in the …
AD 555: Laser screed machines used during the construction of composite slabs
It has come to SCI’s attention that some contractors are using large laser levelling machines when pouring composite slabs (as shown in Figure 1), and it is …
