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Swansea’s park and ride gets an iconic bridge
The city of Swansea has added an eye-catching bridge structure to its skyline. Known as the Sidings Bridge, it primarily carries an express bus route from an …
Interactive Blue Book reaches 5,000 milestone
The Blue Book, published by the BCSA and SCI, is regarded as the essential tool for steel designers, providing section properties and member capacities in …
A view from the top
An 18m-high walkway will give visitors to Kew Gardens a unique birds-eye view of the park and the tree canopy. Martin Cooper reports on how weathering steel is …
Retail giant gets mega distribution centre
Work has recently been completed on a new Tesco distribution centre in Livingston, which is believed to be largest building in the UK. Main contractor Taylor …
Student accommodation for steel city
Steelwork erection has recently been completed on the Broad Street student accommodation project in Sheffield, one of many multi-storey developments currently …
New design and detailing tool for steel frames
Ayrshire Metal Products has launched a new version of its design and detailing software AyrSuite Plus2. The new tool is available free on request and has been …
News in Brief: January 2008
Kaltenbach’s UK Managing Director Manfred Saenger will relinquish his position to Simon Smith, the company’s Sales and Marketing Director from 1 January …
Light frame checks in at safari lodge
Metsec Framing Division has designed and installed the framing structure for Chessington World of Adventures’ new safari lodge. Working with Speymill …
UK debut for new processing machine
The UK’s first FICEP Tipo C25 machine has been installed at the Severfield-Rowen steel fabricating facility in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. The Tipo C25 is said …
Steel wins five categories at prestigious awards
A number of high profile UK steel projects received accolades at the recent Institution of Structural Engineers’ (IStructE) 40th anniversary Structural …
