Projects and Features
Organic waste solution framed in steel
The Greater Manchester Waste PFI scheme is the largest of its kind in Europe and steel framed buildings are crucial to the programme. Worth £3.8bn, the …
Engineered for fire safety
The UK construction industry leads the way in fire engineering as many of the nation’s tallest steel framed buildings demonstrate, writes John Dowling, BCSA …
Restoring a vital link
Three years after its calamitous collapse Workington’s Northside Bridge has reopened with steelwork playing a pivotal role in the re-spanning of the River …
Steel rises to the challenge
Featuring a unique and iconic shape, the construction of 20 Fenchurch Street has required the project team to come up with a number of innovative solutions. …
New information resource
The recently launched steel sector website – www.steelconstruction.info – contains six home page headings, one of which, Sectors, is explained here. …
Passing the speed examination
Steel’s ability to aid a quick construction programme was the reason it was chosen as the framing material for a student accommodation project in Manchester. …
Station to station
Mansfield’s new bus station, which links into the adjacent railway station, features an array of bespoke feature steel columns and connections. The former …
Steel allows access to all areas
Six weeks have been shaved off a vital construction programme by changing a podium design from concrete to steel. Martin Cooper reports. Pancras Square forms …
Trusses create new indoor space
The centrepiece of the refurbishment of Wiltshire County Hall in Trowbridge is a multi functional atrium formed by roofing over a previously open courtyard. …
Making the difference
Tata Steel has reorganised its sales and marketing organisation with the previous product led approach being replaced by sector focused teams. Sales and …
