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40 Years Ago: ‘Back-to-back’ Cantilever Hangar
Taken from Building with Steel, 1968 Aeroplanes get larger and larger, consequently hangars to house them must grow at a similar rate – and this inevitably …
Tanks roll in to world class home
Part of a £16M Heritage Lottery Fund sponsored project, the world’s largest tank collection will soon be housed in a new steel framed hall replete with …
Bridges will keep the traffic flowing
An innovative approach is being used to construct and erect bridges across the A1 between Peterborough and Blyth, where six roundabouts are being replaced with …
Super green building
Vulcan House is one of the UK’s greenest buildings. The Home Office’s new Sheffield headquarters has also received the city’s first Excellent Rating in a …
The Irish connection
A Wednesday evening in February and the Dublin football crowd is already streaming towards Croke Park for the night’s glamourous match against Brazil. …
The case for steel – The safety solution
In the second part of our Case for Steel series Nick Barrett explains why steel construction is the safety solution. Inherently easy site erection is one …
Flexible steel gets clean bill of health
Changing the structural design to steel, from timber and masonry, has resulted in a quicker construction time and more efficient buildings for a new healthcare …
Codes and Standards: From BSI updates December and January 2007
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
Doing Manchester justice
In the first of a new series on completed steel framed buildings Nick Barrett looks at Manchester’s celebrated Civil Justice Centre, the biggest court …
AD 318: Tolerances on plan position of steelwork in bridges
There has been some debate about the build-up of tolerances in bridge steelwork and the accuracy with which the steelwork can be positioned on the …
