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Steel supports restoration of the Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark in Greenwich is to be restored in an ambitious £25M project to preserve the world’s only remaining tea clipper for future generations. Steel …
Flight of the Swan
Stainless steel and brick have come together in the Swan Legacy, a new landmark sculpture in Bedford’s Marston Vale area. The sculpture, which shows two …
Design awards shortlist
The range and versatility of steel is demonstrated in the shortlist for the Structural Steel Design Awards, announced in January. Chairman of the judging panel …
Paddington bridge on a roll
Paddington Basin’s unique rolling bridge is “a work of art that happens to be a bridge”, according to the project’s structural engineer. The 12.9m …
Flats rise high on steel
Corus has released further results of its 2004 Market Share Survey, which confirms that steel remains the construction framing material of choice in its key …
Kew’s amazing armadillo takes shape
Steel erection for a new ‘armadillo’ shaped steel and glass Alpine House at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew has just got under way. The building is …
The Eurocodes are coming… but does the steel know?
Steel’s fundamental behaviour is unchanged by the advent of the Eurocodes, and under the surface of the new documents there is much that should be familiar, …
STEEL ensures economical design
First fruits of a unique, pan-European effort to help designers use the new Eurocodes will be going online later this year. David Fowler reports on progress. …
Bridges breakthrough
Steel overbridges are increasingly appearing on major new highways where once concrete dominated. Nick Barrett analyses the factors behind changing trends in …
February 2005 – Client focus reaps rewards
The 2004 market share statistics which have now been released in full by Corus paint an encouraging picture of the steel sector. Steel is still the …