This month’s featured stories
Steelmaking’s sustainable future
As global supply and demand for raw steel moves into balance, steelmakers focus on a sustainable industry. The World Steel Association estimates that global …
Use of EN 1993-1-5 section 4 and 10 for biaxial stress
Chris Hendy, head of Bridge Design and Technology at Atkins and Chairman of SCI’s Steel Bridge Group discusses the background to a proposed change to the …
Award: Thames Tower Redevelopment, Reading
A 1970s office block has been given a new lease of life with enlarged floorplates and four extra steel-framed floors above level 11. The project’s original …
Award: London Olympic Roof Conversion
The stadium built for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games has been transformed with the addition of the world’s largest spanning tensile roof. …
Award: South Stand Expansion Etihad Stadium
With the stadium operational during the works, the challenging expansion of Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium South Stand has added 6,000 new seats. An …
Award: Harlech Castle Footbridge
Designed as an S-shaped Vierendeel truss, a new footbridge links Harlech Castle with a new visitor centre and dramatically improves visitor access. Harlech …
Award: The Memorial Spire, International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln
The International Bomber Command Centre is being created to provide a world-class facility to serve as a point for recognition, remembrance and reconciliation …
Commendation: Land Rover BAR America’s Cup HQ Building, Portsmouth
The headquarters building for Sir Ben Ainslie’s challenge to host the America’s Cup in 2021 is a steel-framed structure combining a manufacturing area with …
Commendation: 6 Bevis Marks Roof Garden, London
Tubular steelwork supporting an ETFE canopy has created a striking covered roof garden atop a prestigious City of London commercial office block. The roof …
Commendation: The Diamond Engineering Building, The University of Sheffield
Representing The University of Sheffield’s largest ever investment in teaching and learning, The Diamond Engineering Building is a new undergraduate …
