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Futuristic offices will transform city centre
A design and build programme has played a vital role on a multi-storey project in Birmingham where a number of innovations have considerably reduced the …
Trusses work for temple roof
Some complex 3D modelling was used by Metsec to help its design of complicated gutter support steelwork on the dome of a new Sikh temple in Birmingham. The …
New office block for former newspaper site
A 14-storey office development is taking shape on the former Birmingham Post and Mail site in Snow Hill, Birmingham. Colmore Plaza will offer 300,000ft² of …
SSDA 2006 – Bullring Spiral Café, Birmingham
Based on the Fibonacci sequence, this small steel structure is a distinctive feature in the midst of a new shopping development. One of the most distinctive …
Fast steel cores
Work is underway on the tallest building in the UK to make use of Corefast – a new and faster method of constructing cores with steel. Victoria Gough …
Fast track flat pack
Metsec’s light gauge structural steel framing system helped speed up construction of a six storey mixed-use apartment block in Birmingham. Its Metframe …
A good place to unwind
Steel imitates life in the spiral ribs fabricated from plate steel to form the structure of the Spiral Café in Birmingham’s Bullring Centre. The shape of …
SSDA Award: Selfridges Structural Frame, The Bullring, Birmingham
The structural frame of the Selfridges Building in Birmingham is like most other multi-storey building frames in many respects. It is designed to resist …
BBC at the Mailbox in Birmingham
A redundant postal sorting office building has been converted into a retail and office centre called The Mailbox. The BBC has established a studio building …
SSDA 2003 – Millennium Point Birmingham
Sustainability and the care of our natural environment are increasingly important considerations of the construction industry and ones that are now affecting …
