This month’s featured stories
Ensuring a safe design
INEOS Olefins & Polymers UK, the country’s largest privately-owned company and one of the world’s largest chemical businesses, is building a new, …
Steel dives in for pool restoration
Akin to inserting a ship into a bottle, a steel-frame has been delivered through a narrow doorway piece-small and erected inside a renovated former Victorian …
LTB in the Eurocodes – Back to the Future
In Part 1, David Brown of the SCI looked at comparisons between lateral torsional buckling in BS 449 and BS 5950. In Part 2, the comparison is extended to the …
West End steel
A number of logistical challenges have been overcome during the steelwork programme for a new office and retail development in the West End of London. The …
Retaining a City streetscape
A modern steel-framed office and retail scheme in the City of London is being constructed behind two retained façades. Set in the heart of the City of …
Straw power
Housing East Anglia’s latest biomass renewable energy plant are a number of large steel-framed buildings. The latest straw powered biomass energy plant is …
Retail buys into city centre revamp
The regeneration of Sheffield city centre’s main shopping area is on going with steel construction playing a pivotal role. The Moor has been Sheffield city …
Wales gets flagship school
Steel construction has ensured a challenging shaped school has been designed and erected successfully One of the first projects in Wales’ 21st Century …
A brief history of LTB
David Brown of the SCI reviews the (relatively) recent history of lateral torsional buckling of beams. Part 1 includes a reminder of the underlying structural …
Inspiring memorial
A 31m-high weathering steel spire forms the centrepiece of a memorial to those who served with Bomber Command. A total of 27 Bomber Command bases were located …
