Projects and Features
Sustainability draws on crystalline design
A complex steel framed structure consisting of two interlocking triangular forms with multiple facets will house a centre devoted to showcasing sustainability. …
Heart of glass and steel
A bespoke steel and glass atrium forms the central hub of a recently completed school in Harlow. NSC reports. This month the new Passmores School and …
Feature trusses form sporting mecca
Steelwork has played an integral role in the construction of one of the most important venues to be used during the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The …
Excellence achieved at sports centre
Lancaster University, an establishment renowned for its sporting ties, has a new state-of-the-art steel framed sports centre, now open to staff, students, …
Student Awards
An aquatics centre containing multiple pools and an ice rink or single carriageway road bridge across a river were this year’s competition requirements. The …
SSDA 2011 – Cannon Place, Cannon Street Station, London
A highly innovative steel design was required for an eight-storey commercial project sitting atop a major London rail terminus and underground station. As with …
SSDA 2011 – American Express Community Stadium, Brighton
Brighton’s new football stadium sits comfortably within the South Downs and its curving roof shows off the extremely well executed steelwork. One of the …
SSDA 2011 – Other finalists
The Point, Lancashire County Cricket Club Lancashire County Cricket Club’s vision, for the Point development at its Old Trafford ground, was to build a 1,000 …
SSDA 2011 – 2010 Festival of Speed Sculpture, Goodwood
Containing 32 fixed radius rolled tube sections, the Festival of Speed Sculpture is an ingenious work of steelwork fabrication and erection. The Goodwood …
SSDA 2011 – New Cross Gate Flyover, East London Line
Pre-assembling a 75m-long rail bridge off-site, transporting it to its final position and then lowering it into place was the solution to a very difficult …
