50 & 20 Years Ago
20 Years Ago in Steel Construction
The Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) at Sellafield in Cumbria is one of the major civil engineering enterprises of the century. The Receipt and Storage …
Eminent post-war buildings in steel
Building with Steel, the BCSA’s ‘informative journal relating to the progress of and developments in the Constructional Steelwork Industry’ was first …
20 Years Ago: The Printing Works, London E14
Taken from Steel Construction, 1989 The site is at the former East India Dock, London Docklands. Two state-of-the-art printing presses, which were already on …
20 Years Ago: Perronet Thompson School, North Bransholme
In 1984, a Design Team within the Humberside County Council’s County Architect’s Department began the task of designing a school capable of meeting the …
50 Years Ago: Background to steel as a structural medium
Building with Steel, the BCSA’s ‘informative journal relating to the progress of and developments in the Constructional Steelwork Industry’ was first …
20 Years Ago: Broadgate Phases 1 to 4 – 1989 ECCS design award winner
Taken from Steel Construction 1989 Phases 1 to 4 form the first four phases of an office development on a site developed by Rosehaugh Stanhope plc in …
40 Years Ago: Erskine Bridge
From Building with Steel 1969 There has been a ferry across the River Clyde between Erskine and Old Kilpatrick for centuries but the density of traffic has …
20 Years Ago: La Pyramide du Louvre – 1989 ECCS design award winner
In the heart of the Napoleon courtyard which marks the historical centre of Paris, the Louvre Pyramid is a steel masterpiece which opens the way to the new …
40 Years Ago: Head Office for Hearts of Oak Benefit Society
Taken from Building with Steel 1969 The Hearts of Oak Benefit Society, which operates within the framework of the Friendly Societies Act, has grown from humble …
20 Years Ago: Princess Royal Opens BCSA/ECSS Conference
On Monday 18 September 1989 Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opened the week-long Congress of the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork at …
