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Steel leads the market for frames
Steel has been confirmed as the structural framing solution of first choice of the overwhelming majority of the UK design community in the latest Market Shares …
BS 9999: A new approach to design of fire precautions in buildings
Since the mid 1980s, fire precautions in buildings in England and Wales have been designed principally to the provisions of Approved Document B to the Building …
Hospital car park increases capacity and security
A £8.6M steel framed three level car park has been completed for the Basildon & Thurrock University Hos- pital NHS Foundation Trust, increas- ing both …
Steel success story at London seat of learning
The London School of Economics’ (LSE) new £34M Academic Building opened for the Autumn term after an extensive remodelling which required 450t of structural …
News in Brief: January 2009
Billington Structures has won the prize for business growth at the Barnsley Business Awards 2008. The award, sponsored by the Barnsley Chronicle recog- nised …
Witney retail development gets a car park
Conder Structures, working on behalf of Simons Developments, has completed erecting 850t of steelwork for a retail development’s car park in Witney, …
Cladding the factory of the future
The Advanced Manufactur- ing Research Centre (AMRC) dubbed ‘the Factory of the Fu- ture’ has recently been com- pleted by Bowmer & Kirkland for the …
New viaduct for A34 crossing
Steelwork erection for the first section of the new Wolvercote Viaduct on the A34 at Oxford has recently been completed. The existing concrete viaduct, built …
Architectural HQ opts for steel framing
Architect BDP’s new Manchester head office has been completed with the aid of Metsec’s site fixed framing system (SFS). The striking six storey building, …
February 2009 – Steel still dominates growth sectors
Fewer construction projects will be undertaken this year as recession bites, but it is hard to see any reason to expect steel to be selected for a smaller …