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Retail regeneration
Steel and concrete each have their part to play in a major new retail, leisure and housing development in the South East, as Margo Cole reports The Surrey …
Countdown to Eurocode Implementation
When can Eurocode design begin? Realistically, even though most parts of the Eurocodes themselves are available, design to the Eurocodes is really only …
Steel’s sustainability message goes to school
Cairnhill Structures has become one of the first UK contractors to actively take the increasingly important message of environmental sustainability into …
Gaining vital work experience 
A scaled down steel-framed version of London’s Swiss Re building was one of the working projects at the recent National Construction College’s …
Safety first for new school
Conder Structures is currently erecting more than 600t of structural steelwork for the £20M PFI financed Portland Community Comprehensive school. Located in …
New national annex drafted by SCI
National Annex to EN 1993-1-3, the section of Eurocode 3 that deals with cold formed members and sheeting, is currently being drafted by SCI. The work, which …
Adaptable steel shows sustainability benefits
Adaptability, structural efficiency and flexibility are key attributes of constructional steelwork that can be seen in buildings of all types across the …
New Director of the SCI
Dr Graham Couchman has been appointed to succeed Dr Graham Owens as Director of the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), Martin Manning, Chairman of Council, …
Rigid frame ensures high-tech distribution
To allow four computer- driven stacking cranes to operate the recently completed Automated Distribution Centre at the Corus Scunthorpe works required a steel …
Steel fortress of science nearing completion
More than 25,000t of steel is being used to construct the £140M ISIS Tar- get Station 2 at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, Oxfordshire. …
