This month’s featured stories
Castings provide the answer
Structural steel castings allow designers to create highly complex three-dimensional geometries that are difficult to produce using conventional fabrication …
Reducing material costs, lead time and carbon
Founding Steel for Life sponsor Cleveland Steel & Tubes says one of the best options for reducing embodied carbon in steel construction is the supply of …
Removal of temporary lifting attachments on bridges
Certain topics can trip up an engineer more often than others, and without doubt, fatigue is one. In this article, the SCI’s Max Cooper discusses temporary …
Lighting up the Games
The twin hosts of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter and Paralympic Games each had their own intricately engineered and expanding cauldrons to accommodate the …
Healthcare trusts in steel
Having changed its design to a traditional steel-framed solution, a healthcare facility in Peterborough is making quick and efficient progress. FACT …
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 …
