Projects and Features
A wing to suit programme constraints
Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital is in the midst of a redevelopment with the construction of a new wing. A steel frame has proven to be the answer for a …
Steel aids retail expansion
A large shopping centre extension housing more than 20 shops and a continental style market hall is poised to boost retail options in Blackburn, reports Martin …
Retail anchors regeneration
A large redevelopment programme in Carmarthen aims to turn the historic market town into west Wales’ main shopping destination. Despite the ongoing credit …
A school for future needs
In-built flexibility has played a major role in the design of a new school in Liverpool, where all teaching blocks can be enlarged and rearranged to …
Hospital gets steel treatment
Changing the cores to a steel braced design as well as incorporating a bespoke flooring system helped create an efficient steel programme at Peterborough’s …
Design Awards
Corus Student Awards A structure to enclose a winter sports facility or a bridge to carry a dual carriageway over a grade separated interchange were this …
All change at Cheapside
Plans are afoot to return one of London’s oldest thoroughfares into a retail destination. Martin Cooper reports from One New Change, a new landmark retail …
Making a splash with steel
Steelwork’s aesthetic appeal has come to the fore in the design of a new swimming pool and library complex in Bromley. Work has commenced on a new swimming …
Purpose built green warehouse
Due for completion in early 2010, Tesco’s huge Teesport distribution centre represents a massive investment which will create hundreds of jobs as well as …
Tigers stand converted
A new grandstand at Leicester Tigers’ ground is nearing completion after the majority of construction work was carried out during a busy rugby season. Martin …
