This month’s featured stories
Merit: A400M MRO Facility, RAF Brize Norton
The 22,000m², three-bay maintenance hangar at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire was built to service A400M and C17 military transport aircraft. In addition to …
Merit: Wellcome Collection Dynamic Stair, London
A key feature of the Wellcome Collection’s development project, the Dynamic Stair is a free-flowing form, travelling from floor-to-floor without any visually …
Merit: Market Place Shopping Centre Redevelopment, Bolton
An historic shopping centre has undergone a major transformation with the addition of a cinema complex along with the internal re-structuring of the central …
Merit: Waterford Fire Station
The new Waterford Fire Station’s form derives from tracking movements of fire tenders leaving the appliance bays at speed and returning after firefighting. …
Merit: Layered Gallery, London
A steel-framed extension to a private residence houses the owner’s collection of photographs, prints, pastels and lithographs. The Layered Gallery adjoins a …
Merit: Maxwell Centre, Cambridge
Part of Cavendish Laboratory’s long-term development programme at the University of Cambridge, the £26M science facility has been developed to foster …
An introduction to cellular beams
Beams with web openings, commonly known as ‘cellular beams’, are extremely popular and versatile structural steel components. Cellular beams are often used …
Cast-in plates
Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the design of plates cast into concrete to connect to steel beams and the forthcoming SCI design guide. Introduction It …
Crowning glory
A trial erection helped overcome a number of logistical challenges involved in the construction of a structural steelwork crown that tops a London high-rise …
Leisure gets a boost
A replacement leisure centre in Newtownards showcases Ards and North Down Borough Council’s commitment to improved health and wellbeing. Martin Cooper …
