50 & 20 Years Ago
50 Years Ago: Building a new factory over an existing one
From Building With Steel, February 1962 A new factory storehouse, intended to replace a smaller building, was partially erected over the existing building …
20 Years Ago: British steel, first in Kuwait
Taken from Steel Construction, February 1992 On the 16th December 1991, under the lavish splendour of five steel framed structures, designed in the bedouin …
50 Years Ago: Bridges
From Building With Steel, February 1962. HAW BRIDGE The new steel Haw Bridge over the River Severn in Gloucestershire, was opened last autumn (1961), replacing …
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 …
