Projects and Features
Excellence achieved at sports centre
Lancaster University, an establishment renowned for its sporting ties, has a new state-of-the-art steel framed sports centre, now open to staff, students, …
Student Awards
An aquatics centre containing multiple pools and an ice rink or single carriageway road bridge across a river were this year’s competition requirements. The …
SSDA 2011 – Cannon Place, Cannon Street Station, London
A highly innovative steel design was required for an eight-storey commercial project sitting atop a major London rail terminus and underground station. As with …
SSDA 2011 – American Express Community Stadium, Brighton
Brighton’s new football stadium sits comfortably within the South Downs and its curving roof shows off the extremely well executed steelwork. One of the …
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 …
