Projects and Features
Undergraduates show design flair
Judges were impressed by the quality of achievement in this year’s Undergraduate Engineering Design Awards and, they suggest, rewarding careers await the …
Cork development rises quickly
Steel construction has allowed fast track development of six multi-storey blocks on a commercial site in the Irish Republic. The construction team of a retail …
Courtroom appeal
Manchester’s new Civil Justice Centre dramatically rethinks what a court building should look like. Think of a court building and the image that comes to …
Smooth operations
Launching a new bridge of complex geometry across busy railway lines is demanding some heavy structural engineering, both temporary and permanent, reports Jon …
Terminal takes wing at Farnborough
TAG Aviation’s new Farnborough terminal and operations building will look like a giant silver wing, as though the building itself has just touched down on …
Elegant structure points the way ahead
Steel was chosen for a residential development on Edinburgh’s waterfront for speed of construction. Improvements in structural efficiency then cut the cost …
New role sought for pioneering tower block
English Heritage has rescued the world’s first metal framed building, but the challenge now is to find a new use for it. The historic forerunner of the …
A complex assembly operation
The brief for the roof of the Welsh Assembly building was simple: it should appear to float. Putting the vision into practice was more difficult. Dramatically …
Grand design becomes reality
When City financier Julian Simmonds was unable to find the perfect London apartment for himself and his family he decided to build his own. The smart money …
Fast track for New Forest hospital
Construction of a new private finance hospital for Hampshire, due to open next year, is comfortably ahead of schedule thanks to a steel frame structure. …
