Projects and Features
New guide’s subdued response factor
Use of the latest design guide on hospital floor vibration has allowed a new Treatment Centre to be constructed in steel to a very tight programme. Jon Masters …
Added fibre for faster floors
Polymer fibres are replacing reinforcement in composite floors on a pioneering project in Derby, following a research programme supervised by the SCI. David …
City goes long on frame analysis
A large City of London commercial development has been a proving ground for new fire engineering techniques using finite element frame analysis. Nick Barrett …
Extension of Concast Facility, Port Talbot
Rowecord Engineering has altered and extended Corus’s Concast facility at Port Talbot in South Wales. Following Rowecord Engineering’s successful …
Reconstruction of a 1920’s Steel-Framed Office Building
An example of the difficult problems that can be faced in this type of work: constricted location, adjacent listed buildings, elaborate temporary works, three …
M42 ATM Gantry Installation
Nusteel supplies a large range of steel footbridge and gantry structures in the UK for a variety of different clients and applications. The company is …
Cleveland Bridge Rides the Storm
As a result of heavy storms some of the steelwork for the Rion-Antirion Bridge in Greece fell into the sea from a ship during transport from the UK. The …
Centre of Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence
CEME is a purpose-built project using the best architecture to provide excellent educational facilities for motor engineering and business studies. The new …
The Swansea Sail Bridge
A curved cable-stayed footbridge, which has the deck supported along only one edge from a sloping mast, has become a landmark in central Swansea. This project …
Portsmouth Spinnaker Tower
The Spinnaker Tower will be the tallest publicly accessible building in the UK outside London. It is certainly one of the most exciting structures in Britain …
