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Construction work surges ahead in Scottish boom town
While many towns and cities across the UK are feeling the pinch from the credit crunch, Aberdeen has shown little sign of a construction slowdown and a number …
Steel forms new Welsh rugby citadel
Llanelli Scarlets Rugby Union Club will officially move into its new stadium – Parc y Scarlets – at the end of November, after more than 120 years …
BCSA appoints SCI to develop carbon footprint tool
SCI has won a contract to develop a methodology and accompanying spreadsheet tool to enable BCSA members to easily and consistently calculate their carbon …
Town centre enhanced with steel
The Oxfordshire market town of Witney is being transformed as a new retail and leisure development takes shape on a three hectare site formerly occupied by a …
Lights, camera and action
On a former dockland site in Salford, Media City UK will accommodate the BBC as well as other major broadcasters, large media corporations and a myriad of …
Steel tops new London college
A highly visual and architecturally driven steel roof structure is the crowning glory of a multi-million pound college redevelopment in south London. South …
Corus Student Awards 2008
A terminal building and control tower for a regional UK airport or a pedestrian and cycle bridge over a river were this year’s competition requirements. The …
Framing system brings project in on budget
Edinburgh’s Jewel & Esk College twin campus development was recently faced with a serious funding problem with an identified shortfall of £14M. A number …
Eurocode calculator now available
The first TEDDS Eurocode calculation is now available from CSC. RC column design (EN 1992-1) for designing braced and unbraced, slender and non slender …
October 2008 – Reasons to be cheerful?
Financial markets have been going through unprecedented turmoil in recent months, and all industries have been dreading the possible impact on their own …