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Expansion programme complete at Elland Steel
A £3.1M investment and expansion programme, which commenced in August 2006, has recently been completed at Elland Steel Structures’ Halifax facility. Making …
Traincare centre will ease the strain
Passengers using east Kent to London train services will soon benefit from a significant reduction in journey times on a new fleet of trains serviced and …
Precision engineering for London office block
Computer-driven and time saving fire engineering has resulted in a more cost effective construction programme on one of London’s latest multi-storey office …
Sustainable steel combats climate change
Steel’s almost unique ability among construction materials to be reused or recycled is its most obvious sustainability strength. In the second article in our …
Steel provides the answer for hospital car park
Steelwork erection is scheduled to start this month for a new £8M multi-storey car park at Basildon University Hospital in Essex. Working on behalf of …
Bridging the missing link
The final £50M stage of the Leeds Inner Ring Road is under way and includes the construction of the dual two-lane 500m-long Hunslet Viaduct. Known locally as …
Preparing for take-off
A new eye-catching and innovatively designed control tower is nearing completion at Newcastle Airport. The new £8.2M control tower at Newcastle International …
Multi-purpose scheme extends town centre
A £100M retail and residential development in Milton Keynes is making substantial and innovative use of steel to integrate a number of different grid plans. …
New technology promises productivity boost
Nick Barrett had a chance to view the latest in state-of-the-art fabrication equipment when he visited Kaltenbach’s International Partners in Steel event in …
June 2007 – Sustainability is good business
The drive towards increasing sustainability of buildings was boosted recently by news from property developer British Land that it aims to become carbon …