50 & 20 Years Ago
ERF Service Centre
Middlewich is in an area subject to severe settlement caused by the salt workings. This Sevice Building had to be designed to accept the settlement therefore …
Frontage made young
Introduction For its size there can be few cities in the country that are more richly endowed with old buildings than Exeter. It is a town of bustling shopping …
The Structural Steel Design Awards 1972
From Building with Steel, November 2022 The British Steel Corporation in conjunction with the British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd has now …
Target cost factory
Ofrex Engineering Ltd are moving to South Wales from overcrowded South London. These notes briefly describe the new factory built in a Target Cost Management …
Halifax Building Society Headquarters
The largest building society in the world is now building its new headquarters in Halifax and steel is playing an interesting part in its construction. The …
All-steel operating theatre
This theatre was constructed by the medical equipment division of Calmic Ltd in association with T. P. Bennett & Son at a cost of £68,000. It is designed …
The County Hotel, Bedford
From Building with Steel, June 1969 by Gwylon Isaac, Bsc, DIC, CEng, MICE In December 1964 the contractors appointed to carry out the construction of the hotel …
Car Park for BOAC
Space frame structures are usually associated with roof frameworks but in this new car-park at Heathrow they have been used for the floor decks. Also unusual …
Churches and Steel
From Building With Steel, February 1972 Churches are being built for new centres of population and to replace older structures no longer suitable. They take …
Luton Airport Hangar
Readers of ‘Building with Steel’ will recall that the back outside cover of No 1 featured a picture of a new hangar being built at Luton Airport. …
