Projects and Features
Car parks move to front of house
Developers are making statements with their new car parks, and the statement is increasingly ‘do it in steel’. Car park design specialist Hill Cannon …
Warm Wellcome for a quality building
Early involvement of the steelwork contractor helped deliver a quality solution for Wellcome Trust’s new corporate headquarters building. David Fowler …
Market warms to steel homes
Steel can make a huge contribution towards providing quality housing for sustainable communities, but first the out of date image problems of system-build need …
Admiral’s Quay salutes steel
Demand for high-quality waterfront apartments shows no sign of easing, and many developers are selecting steel. David Fowler reports how the use of steel is …
Impressive cinematic debut
A new system for speeding the often critical process of constructing stair and lift cores won wide acclaim on its first outing, in a multiplex cinema in …
Lighthouse shows the way
Steel has replaced concrete for the main frame of a prestige residential block on Cardiff’s waterfront, cutting construction time and cost. David Fowler …
The Eurocodes are coming… but does the steel know?
Steel’s fundamental behaviour is unchanged by the advent of the Eurocodes, and under the surface of the new documents there is much that should be familiar, …
STEEL ensures economical design
First fruits of a unique, pan-European effort to help designers use the new Eurocodes will be going online later this year. David Fowler reports on progress. …
Bridges breakthrough
Steel overbridges are increasingly appearing on major new highways where once concrete dominated. Nick Barrett analyses the factors behind changing trends in …
Logistics centre rises rapidly
A mammoth distribution shed being erected in Bedford demonstrates the growing market demand for large logistics centres. Close working relationships between …
