50 & 20 Years Ago
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 …
20 Years Ago: 1989 – European Year of Steel Construction
Taken from Steel Construction 1989 The ECCS has proclaimed 1989 as the “European Year of Steel Construction”. This year has been chosen to celebrate the …
40 Years Ago: First British Rail bridge in weathering steel
Taken from Build with Steel 1969 The first stage of the British Rail Freightliner network was virtually completed in mid-summer 1967 and plans were then …
40 Years Ago: British steel in Bahrain
Taken from Building with Steel 1969 by D. K. Doran, BSc(Eng), DIC, MICE, Manager, Structural Design Department, George Wimpey & Co. Ltd The foundation …
40 Years Ago: GEAI, Rouen
Taken from Building with Steel, 1969 France has sought to solve its desperate housing problems by making use of prefabricated structures. For this purpose, …
40 Years Ago: Separating the Mersey Tunnel
Taken from Building with Steel 1969 In 1935, when the Birkenhead to Liverpool Tunnel under the River Mersey (the Queensway Tunnel) was opened, the total number …
Designed for Colour Transmission: Yorkshire Television Studios
Yorkshire Television Ltd began a race against time in the middle of 1967, for on 12th June the company was allotted the new ITV broadcasting contract for the …
40 Years Ago: An architectural expression of structural steelwork with no conventional fireproofing
Taken from Building with Steel The bare and basic facts of this building are that it is triangular with 18 exposed supporting steel columns in weathering steel …
