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SSDA 2011 – Other finalists
The Point, Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club’s vision, for the Point development at its Old Trafford ground, was to build a 1,000 …
SSDA 2011 – 2010 Festival of Speed Sculpture, Goodwood
Containing 32 fixed radius rolled tube sections, the Festival of Speed Sculpture is an ingenious work of steelwork fabrication and erection. The Goodwood …
SSDA 2011 – New Cross Gate Flyover, East London Line
Pre-assembling a 75m-long rail bridge off-site, transporting it to its final position and then lowering it into place was the solution to a very difficult …
SSDA 2011 – The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Flanking an existing landmark pavilion, two new stands at the Rose Bowl cricket ground have been designed to be sympathetic to their location as well as …
SSDA 2011 – River Suir Bridge, N25 Waterford Bypass
The new cable-stayed road bridge over the River Suir forms an integral part of the Waterford bypass, and has played a major role in alleviating congestion in …
SSDA 2011 – The St Botolph Building, London
A large modern commercial building in the City of London has utilised steelwork’s flexibility and long span qualities to achieve its uninterrupted floor …
SSDA 2011 – The Hauser Forum, Cambridge
Incorporating a strikingly large cantilever over an adjacent water feature, the Hauser Forum project has used structural steelwork to achieve all of its …
SSDA 2011 – ExCeL Phase 2, Royal Victoria Dock, London
The use of steelwork was paramount for the construction of Phase 2 at London’s ExCeL, where a series of new column free spaces, which can be subdivided as …
SSDA 2011 – Marks & Spencer Distribution Warehouse, ProLogis Park, Bradford
One of the largest distribution centres in the UK required a sophisticated and highly accurate steelwork design, one which also needed to include an extremely …
New and revised codes & standards: May 2011
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS 7371-8:2011 Coatings on metal fasteners. Specification for sherardized coatings. Supersedes BS 7371-8:1998 BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO …
