Projects and Features
On track for redevelopment
One of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects is under way at Reading station. Reliant on steel construction, the work includes time saving modular offsite …
Furnace ready for blast off
Modular off line construction of large steel components is playing a central role in Tata Steel’s multi million pound project at Port Talbot to rebuild a …
Shaken and Stirred
During 2010 and 2011 a series of severe earthquakes shook New Zealand’s South Island causing severe damage to a wide range of buildings. Dr Charles Clifton, …
Wilkinson at steel’s cutting edge
One of the best known names in UK architecture, whose international repute is growing strongly with ambitious and high profile projects under way worldwide, is …
Students drive regeneration
A large mixed use development, incorporating student accommodation, is set to breathe new life into Gateshead town centre. Martin Cooper reports. Trinity …
Steel is just the ticket
A new steel framed bus station is being heralded as the precursor for the redevelopment of a large swathe of Stoke-on-Trent’s city centre. It’s all change …
Fast delivery for landmark offices
Steel framed construction has allowed a 17-storey Birmingham office block, complete with a feature glazed atrium roof and bow-string trusses, to be built in …
Debunking the myth
Utilising thermal mass can reduce a structure’s operational CO2 emissions while also contributing to overall cost savings, and can be achieved as easily with …
Cost comparison update
Steel remains the most cost competitive framing solution for modern office buildings according to the latest update in the series of cost comparison studies …
SSDA Award: The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
At the heart of the £112M renovation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a new auditorium containing a thrust stage which brings audiences closer to the …
