Projects and Features
Steel is the responsible business choice
Sustainability implies a focus on responsible business practice across an organisation’s activities and all along the supply chain. Nick Barrett explains why …
Delivering a hotel with a difference
A new Spanish-owned five-star hotel featuring a distinctive triangular ten-storey steel framed atrium is being constructed in central London. Martin Cooper …
Vertical circulation eases hospital parking
State-of-the-art design, incorporating shorter ramps and flat pedestrian access throughout, has been used to maximum effect at a hospital car park in Milton …
Towers of London
The high-rise skyline of the Isle of Dogs will shortly be augmented by two more steel framed office blocks which have replaced an earlier design for one large …
Design made easier and faster
New Steel Construction rounds up some of the latest developments in structural steel design software packages. Engineers benefit from the Fastrak approach MP …
Mixed use development retains historic façade
A new steel framed commercial and residential project in a London conservation area required some intricate designing, around a retained façade, to allow it …
Energy efficient warehouse
Steelwork has recently been completed on what is described as the most environmentally-friendly distribution centre in Europe. Atlas Ward Structures has …
Steel is designed for minimum waste
Minimising and where possible eliminating waste from construction operations is a key part of the UK’s sustainability drive. Nick Barrett details why …
Project gains from multi material approach
A new extension to a shopping centre in Windsor has made use of a hot rolled steel frame alongside another light steel four-storey hotel structure, all built …
Complex design checks in at luxury hotel
A new steel framed hotel in Dublin, originally tendered as concrete, is rapidly taking shape in the city centre. Martin Cooper reports on one of the most …
