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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 …
News in Brief – February 2006
BCSA Health and Safety Manager Peter Walker has been awarded the Presidents Distinguished Service Award by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health …
Big cores going up in Bi-Steel
Erection of the largest example yet of the Corus Bi-Steel Corefast system is underway at the 40 Springardens office development in Manchester. A four-bank …
Steel helps Belfast retail fit out
Seven huge 100t trusses are being fabricated at Harland & Wolff’s shipyard in Belfast by steelwork contractor Fisher Engineering Limited for a major new …
