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Steel boost for Belfast regeneration
Planning consent has been granted for the second steel framed building within architect Grimshaw’s City Quays master plan for Belfast Harbour’s Clarendon …
BCSA publishes factory lifting guide
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) has published a new Steelwork Factory Lifting Operations Guide for its membership. BCSA Health and …
First building completed at Swansea University’s £450m Bay Campus
The steel-framed Institute of Structural Materials (ISM) is the first building to be completed and handed over by developer St Modwen on Swansea University’s …
Steel use on the rise for world’s tallest buildings
The majority of the world’s tallest buildings completed in 2014 used composite construction – a steel frame with concrete/metal decking floors – …
Galvaizing supports Everton
Merseyside Galvanizing, part of the Wedge Group, has galvanized 50t of steelwork used to create a walkway to access, install, and maintain new floodlighting at …
Steel bridge links Crossrail and ExCeL
A 34m-long steel box girder bridge has been installed as part of the construction of a new Crossrail station at Custom House, east London, linking the station …
News in Brief – February 2015
Designed by Arup, the partially retractable roof of the Singapore Sport Hub is the winner of the steel category in Tekla’s global BIM Awards. A span of 310m …
BCSA CRAFT scheme will reverse skills shortage
To alleviate a nationwide skills shortage in the steel construction sector, the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) has launched an …
Modern offices take shape behind protected façade
A new office and retail scheme on London’s famous Regent Street is taking shaped behind two retained façades. The project at 169-183 Regent Street and also …
Steel brick walls will aid nuclear construction
Steelwork contractor Caunton Engineering is pioneering a new steel walling system that could radically alter the way nuclear power stations are built. The …
