Structural Steel Design Awards 1973

This is the fifth year of the Structural Steel Design Awards sponsored by the British Steel Corporation and the British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd and organised by Constrado. Six structures have been selected for awards and it is interesting to note that each represents a type of building or bridge for which there has been no previous award. This demonstrates the versatility of steel and its ability to provide economic solutions for all design situations. It also demonstrates the ability of designers to find solutions to new problems – for instance the buildings at Howdon which are moved over the workplace instead of the reverse, the unguyed masts for the GLC where space was restricted and appearance was important – in fact each of the six designs has a degree of innovation which gives it considerable interest.

Mobile Buildings

at Howden nr. Newcastle upon Tyne for Wm. Press Production Systems Ltd
DESIGNERS: Wm. Press Ltd
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: Hugill of Teeside Ltd
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS: Hugill of Teeside Ltd

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Museum of Science and Industry

Phase 1 Redevelopment; Newhall Street for City of Birmingham Leisure Services Committee
ARCHITECTS: The City Architects Department, Birmingham
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: Coseley Buildings Ltd
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS: Coseley Buildings Ltd

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Dumfries Technical College

Heathhall Dumfriesshire for Dumfries County Council
ARCHITECTS: Dumfries County Architect’s Departrment
(A.D. Macintyre RIBA County Architect in succession to the late A.A. Wilkie RIBA)
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: Lambhill Engineering Ltd
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS: Lambhill Engineering Ltd

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Underline Bridge No. 228A

At Hackney, London for British Railways
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: Rendel Palmer & Tritton in association with British Railways Board and British Railways – Eastern Region
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS:
Clarke Chapman – John Thompson Ltd.
Horseley – Piggottt Division.

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Four London Ambulance Service Base Transmitter Masts

Shooters Hill, Hampstead Heath, Chelsham and Lambourne End for the Greater London Council
ARCHITECTS: Departments of Architecture and Civic Design, GLC. (Architect to the Council Sir Roger Walters KBE, FRIBA, FIStructE)
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: Taylor, Whalley Spyra
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS: Wellingborough Steel

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Amphibious Training Unit Royal Marines

Poole Dorset for the Department of the Environment
ARCHITECTS: Renton Howard Wood Partnership in association with the Department of the Environment
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: John Bolton and Partners
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS: Space Decks Ltd