50 & 20 Years Ago
20 Years Ago: Waterloo International trial roof erection
The successful trial erection of a bay of the roof for BR’s £120 million Waterloo International Terminal has been carried out at Wetherby, Yorkshire. The …
20 Years Ago: Liverpool Street Station
A Structural Steel Design Awards winner taken from the December 1991 issue of Steel Construction Liverpool Street Station is being modernised within the …
20 Years Ago: Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield
Taken from Steel Construction, December 1991 The Don Valley Stadium is one of five major new facilities that have been built in Sheffield in time to host the …
50 Years Ago: Structural Steelwork for railways
From Building with Steel, November 1961 As the massive modernisation programme of British Railways gathers momentum, the old familiar steam locomotive gives …
20 Years Ago: Embankment Place, London WC2
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, December 1991 Embankment Place is a major office development built in the air rights above the platforms of Charing Cross railway …
50 Years Ago: Contributing to Britain’s Road Programme
From Building with Steel, November 1961 INTRODUCTION After what seemed to many as interminable delays a road programme designed to speed up the ever swelling …
20 Years Ago: Building by technology – The National Gallery – Sainsbury Wing
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, October 1991 In March 1988 the Prince and Princess of Wales laid the foundation stone for the Sainsbury wing of the national …
50 Years Ago: An Evolutionary Building in London – The 26-storey Shell Centre
From Building with Steel, August 1961 More than 6,300 tons of steel, rising from basement to roof, to a height of 389 ft., are contained in the tower block …
20 Years Ago: Manchester Airport Terminal 2
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 The first phase of Manchester Airport’s £570 million development was recently (1991) ‘topped out’ by …
50 Years Ago: Overseas Buildings in Steel
From Building with Steel, August 1961
