Projects and Features
Buses go electric
Five 70m-long steel gantries, supporting the all-important electric power distribution, are the centrepiece for a major sustainability-driven revamp at a …
Steel frames for logistics expansion
Strategically located within the UK’s logistics heartland, the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal is continuing to expand with new steel-framed …
Steel provides enterprising solution
The regeneration of Ravenscraig is continuing at pace with the construction of much-needed commercial and industrial space. FACT FILERavenscraig Enterprise …
Fire boundary conditions and the distribution of unprotected areas
The so-called “fire boundary condition” is an important consideration for designers of single-storey buildings. Max Cooper of the SCI offers some thoughts …
Forging ahead
A large steel-framed building, designed to accommodate nine overhead cranes, is providing the space for a new machine shop, part of a £1.3 billion …
West End offices in the frame
Transforming a large swathe of London’s prestigious Mayfair district, the South Molton project is maximising the available floor space with a steel-framed …
Gateway to learning
The University of Southampton’s latest education building has utilised a hybrid framing solution, including two steel-framed blocks, satisfying its need for …
Shopping for steel
Highlighting Avonmouth’s strategic location, a new distribution centre being built on the site of a former pharmaceutical works, will form part of a major …
Down on the farm
Providing proof that steel-framed structures are ideal for the agricultural sector; the material’s numerous design and construction attributes have come to …
Reduced carbon steel solution
Voestalpine Metsec has manufactured and supplied Steel Framing Systems (SFS) in its reduced carbon steel option, Metsec Decarb, for the construction of a new …
