Projects and Features
Assuring the Quality of Data Exchange during Structural Design
Common data exchange models are the ideal solution to software integration problems, but what to do when there are none available? The Steel Construction …
A study in steel efficiency
A new landmark taking shape in double quick time on the skyline of Leeds will provide high quality accommodation for almost 1000 students. David Fowler brings …
Creating shed-loads of value
There is no other industry sector of such importance to the national economy that happily bears as unassuming a name as sheds. Nick Barrett reports on new …
Slough shed rockets ahead
Keen to cut construction times on sheds even further, Slough Estates has developed a prefabricated galvanised hollow section steel ground beam to replace the …
Steel gives new heart to University campus
Working on a cramped central London university site to the most exacting of tolerances provided a challenge to the entire construction team, Everything was a …
Irish eyes are smiling at the beauty of steel
Steel construction’s inherent adaptability and a pragmatic approach to managing steelwork design have got the prestige Dundrum shopping centre south of …
Steel delivers on post office site
A fashionable, modern apartment development has added a new lease of life to a stylish 1920s sorting office, as Margo Cole reports from Nottingham. Like many …
Portals frame UK’s biggest sheds
One of the largest sheds built in the UK has just been completed, fittingly enough a short distance away from the Corus steelworks at Scunthorpe. Jon Masters …
Steel shows a sustainable future
A strong and clear picture of a constructional steelwork industry in robust good health and confidently looking forward emerged from the 2005 Steel …
Sustainable and flexible steel lifts Olympic gold
London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games was anchored in a promise that many of the new sport venues would be flexibly designed to allow …
