50 & 20 Years Ago
20 Years Ago: Aircraft Hangars
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 by Rollo Reid, BSc, CEng, MICE A mystery is lurking in the swamps in which airfields are built. From the murky …
50 Years Ago: Steel for Ecclesiastical Buildings
From Building with Steel, May 1961 Temples and, later, churches were probably the world’s first architect designed buildings. Art flourishes best when …
20 Years Ago: BCSA mission to Japan
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991, Reported by Frank Glover CEng FIStructE In terms of output the British Structural Steelwork Industry is the …
50 Years Ago: Outstanding Buildings in Steel
Recently completed buildings from Building with Steel, February 1961
20 Years Ago: New Westminster and Chelsea Hospital
A year ago, Graham Wood Structural Limited were appointed to provide the structural steel for the new Westminster and Chelsea Hospital. The contract covered …
50 Years Ago: Steel’s contribution to the Oil and Petro-Chemical Industries
FROM BUILDING WITH STEEL, FEBRUARY 1961 Steel, in one form or another, is used more extensively than any other metal in practically every branch of the oil and …
50 Years Ago – Multi-Storey Car Parks
From Building With Steel, February 1961 THE ZIDPARK The first multi-storey, fully automatic car park in Britain is being erected on a Thames-side city site. …
20 Years Ago: Plantasia – Oasis Park, Swansea
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, December 1990 Plantasia – a tropical hothouse is the central feature of the retail shopping park at Swansea. The 1600 sq m, …
50 Years Ago: Runcorn-Widnes Bridge
The New Runcorn-Widnes Bridge is of the arched design and has a central span of 1,082 ft with side spans of 250 ft. The bridge is approached by reinforced …
20 Years Ago: David Mellor Factory, Hathersage, Derbyshire
From STEEL CONSTRUCTION, December 1990 The David Mellor Factory is a circular building with a domed steel roof structure spanning 28 metres from a natural …
