Projects and Features
Steel writes a new chapter for Tyneside
Newcastle’s new City Library incorporates a complex steel and glass design and is set to be a stand-out civic building when it opens in Summer 2009. …
Creating a retail destination
Steelwork’s flexibility has come to the fore on a new retail development in Livingston town centre. Martin Cooper reports. The growth in large retail …
School for the future
The decision to use steel for a new school in Leicester allowed the construction team to meet very tight deadlines, as well as lending an important degree of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Retail boost for coastal resort
A shopping centre extension, spanning bus lanes and a main arterial road, has required a phased steel erection programme in order to keep the highway …
Building for the future
The Europe wide ManuBuild project could revolutionise the continent’s housebuilding sector by delivering faster and more sustainable houses by using modular …
