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Iconic office block for steel city’s gateway
A new pre-let eight-storey commer- cial development is taking shape on Sheffield’s Parkway. Approximately 400t of structural steelwork will be erected by …
Sustainability key to supermarket project
One of the largest ever pre-let distribution centres in the South East is currently under construction near Sittingbourne, Kent. Known as G. Park …
Steel leads the market for frames
Steel has been confirmed as the structural framing solution of first choice of the overwhelming majority of the UK design community in the latest Market Shares …
40 Years Ago: An architectural expression of structural steelwork with no conventional fireproofing
Taken from Building with Steel The bare and basic facts of this building are that it is triangular with 18 exposed supporting steel columns in weathering steel …
Machinery investment boosts quality
Advances in quality and productivity in the steel construction sector are to a large part due to developments in fabricating machinery. The last of our Supply …
Is the UK ready for the Eurocodes?
In October 2008, all SCI members in the UK were invited to complete a short survey on the steel sector’s preparations for the Eurocodes. David Brown, SCI …
Transport peaks at Glasgow museum
Steel is showing its great flexibility and quality on a challenging design for a new transport museum in Glasgow. Martin Cooper reports on the unique geometry …
BS 9999: A new approach to design of fire precautions in buildings
Since the mid 1980s, fire precautions in buildings in England and Wales have been designed principally to the provisions of Approved Document B to the Building …
Handling a complicated design
The door handle of a famous car marque was the inspiration behind the design of a new academy in Liverpool. Martin Cooper reports. World famous it may be, …
February 2009 – Steel still dominates growth sectors
Fewer construction projects will be undertaken this year as recession bites, but it is hard to see any reason to expect steel to be selected for a smaller …