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New floor design software excites
Oasys has released a new version of their Compos composite floor design software. The new version allows designers to “excite” a floor for vibration checks …
Record high undergraduates awards entries
Entries for both Corus’ 2006 Undergraduate Architect Awards (UGAA) and Corus’ 2006 Undergraduate Design Awards (UGDA) are running at very high levels. More …
Market warms to sustainable sheds
Sheds became the focus of attention of a wide range of property developers and funders at a two-day Sheds conference and exhibition. The Steel Construction …
Heathrow tower under control
An 87m pre-fabricated steel control tower at Heathrow Airport has been completed ahead of schedule after the structure was jacked up within a live airport …
Spanish condemn Madrid fire concrete
Spanish authorities have produced their report on the Windsor Building fire in Madrid a year ago, condemning the surviving elements of the concrete structure …
Wolseley expands in Leamington
Atlas Ward Structures is erecting 1,700t of structural steelwork for a new distribution centre in Leamington Spa for construction products and materials …
Kick-off for Wembley bridge
Rowecord Engineering has installed a 200t covered footbridge to serve the new Wembley Stadium. The structure forms part of a project for the London Development …
Innovation removes welded joints worries
Telecommunications structures specialist Francis & Lewis International (FLI) has launched a patented, weld-free method of connecting tube bracing elements …
Market focus on Supersheds
Clear signs that the growing importance of sheds to the rapidly changing UK economy is gaining wider recognition comes from the two-day Sheds conference and …
