This month’s featured stories
Accommodating steel frames
Three accommodation blocks in Newcastle are being built to a tight programme in order to satisfy the city’s increasing demand for student flats. tSteel …
Family firm invests for growth
Barrett Steel is a leading force among UK steel stockholders, celebrating 150 years of family ownership this year. NSC reports on the company’s ambitious, …
Innovations for fabrication
Manufacturers of steel fabrication equipment have invested heavily in research and development to deliver technological advances. Today’s fabrication …
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 …
