Award
Award: The Ordsall Chord Viaduct
The Ordsall Chord Viaduct includes the first network arch bridge to be built in the UK, and the first asymmetric (tapering) network arch anywhere in the world. …
Award: V&A’s Exhibition Road Quarter, London
The most significant work undertaken at the V&A museum for over 100 years, this development’s centrepiece provides a large column-free underground …
SSDA celebrates 50 years
Having started in 1969, the Structural Steel Design Awards are this year celebrating their 50th anniversary. In the third of a series of articles, NSC looks …
Project of the Year: The Leadenhall Building, London
Reaching a height of 224m, the City of London’s landmark Leadenhall Building was designed as a wedge-shaped structure to minimise its impact on views of St …
Award: T-Pylon
The result of a design competition to find a 21st Century power pylon for Nationalgrid UK, the T-Pylon has very few parts, can be erected quickly and requires …
Award: LSQ London
Steel-framed retail and office accommodation have been created within what is said to be Europe’s largest retained façade. Formerly known as Communications …
Award: HGV Egress Ramp, Selfridges, London
The creation of a new egress ramp at a famous London department store involved a highly complex piece of engineering design and construction. In 2012, a …
Award: Oriam, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Scotland’s new Sports Performance Centre provides high quality facilities for a number of national sports bodies, including the Scottish Football Association …
Award: Thames Tower Redevelopment, Reading
A 1970s office block has been given a new lease of life with enlarged floorplates and four extra steel-framed floors above level 11. The project’s original …
Award: London Olympic Roof Conversion
The stadium built for the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games has been transformed with the addition of the world’s largest spanning tensile roof. …
