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Intumescents reducing developers’ costs
Nick Barrett reports from a London seminar which launched the new design and contractual guidance for offsite application of intumescent coatings. One of the …
Portals Suite – Essential reading for portal frame designers
Single-span steel portal frames are the most common form of construction for single storey buildings in the UK. In response to the questions raised by …
Letters: June 2005
NSC welcomes letters from readers on steel construction related issues. Please keep your letters brief — the Editor reserves the right to condense. Safety …
AD 287: Acoustic detailing: Steel columns in masonry separating walls
General guidance on acoustic detailing of steel-framed multi-storey residential buildings is provided in SCI publication P336 but no details are given for the …
News in Brief: June 2005
Atlas Ward Structures has been awarded the contract to fabricate and erect 900t of structural steelwork for Aylesbury College. The £30M project will replace …
S.G.H.W. prototype nuclear power station
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 An interesting project at present under construction at the U.K.A.E.A. Experimental Reactor Establishment, Winfrith Heath, …
Sirhowy deck complete
Fairfield-Mabey has erected the final section of deck steelwork for the Sirhowy cable stayed bridge in South Wales allowing cable installation to begin during …
Engineering skills bodies to combine
Merger of the two leading skills organisations in the engineering and metals sectors will create a new body capable of building on both organisations’ …
Bridge over the River Tagus
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The £50 million suspension bridge at present being built across the Tagus River at Lisbon is reputed to be one of the …
Avant-garde geometry takes wing
Rowecord Engineering has supplied 350t of structural steel for TAG Aviation’s new executive terminal at Farnborough Airport. The terminal, which will be …
