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20 Years Ago: Manchester Airport Terminal 2
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 The first phase of Manchester Airport’s £570 million development was recently (1991) ‘topped out’ by …
50 Years Ago: Overseas Buildings in Steel
From Building with Steel, August 1961
Member imperfections
David Brown of the SCI offers some observations on the ways member imperfections can be allowed for in member design – by using buckling curves, which allow …
Paper mill rolls out steel structures
One of the UK’s most advanced recycled paper mills is taking shape on the outskirts of Manchester, a project which is reliant on its many steel framed …
Sustainability draws on crystalline design
A complex steel framed structure consisting of two interlocking triangular forms with multiple facets will house a centre devoted to showcasing sustainability. …
Heart of glass and steel
A bespoke steel and glass atrium forms the central hub of a recently completed school in Harlow. NSC reports. This month the new Passmores School and …
Feature trusses form sporting mecca
Steelwork has played an integral role in the construction of one of the most important venues to be used during the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The …
Excellence achieved at sports centre
Lancaster University, an establishment renowned for its sporting ties, has a new state-of-the-art steel framed sports centre, now open to staff, students, …
Student Awards
An aquatics centre containing multiple pools and an ice rink or single carriageway road bridge across a river were this year’s competition requirements. The …
SSDA 2011 – Exposure, Lelystad, The Netherlands
A complex arrangement of hundreds of galvanised angle sections form a steelwork sculpture inspired by an artist’s own crouching body. Standing 25.6m-high, …
