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News in Brief: November 2014
A new City of London office tower, 52 Lime Street (dubbed the Scalpel), has been awarded the first-ever BREEAM UK New Construction 2014 certificate for …
Steel boost for movie goers
A cinema complex containing 11 screens and seven restaurants has relied on steel’s long span qualities and speed of construction to complete on time. A new …
Sympathetic construction for Bristol development
Work is progressing on 66 Queen Square in Bristol, a new five-storey commercial office building being constructed by Skanska in one of the city’s prime …
Steel accommodates university upgrade
Steelwork erection by Walter Watson for a 1,367 bed student accommodation block at the University of Salford is nearing completion. Main contractor Graham …
Reach for the sky
Heron Tower, the City of London’s tallest building has been widely praised for its emphasis on quality and sustainability. Martin Cooper revisits another …
Grade A office development on the mark
Steel construction is due to be completed in May at 70 Mark Lane, a 16-storey commercial development in the City of London. Offering 15,700m² of Grade A …
Flexible design for South Wales school
Work is under way on a new primary school in Barry, South Wales that is using ISG and Stride Treglown’s highly flexible model design. The £2.7M Nant Talwg …
Aldgate rising
A steel solution has allowed the construction of an 18-storey commercial development to be built on top of an existing raft foundation originally designed to …
Art signposts seat of learning
The centrepiece of a new steel framed university teaching block is a hanging artwork of Christian symbols. The latest instalment in the University of …
Steel exchange
Large open plan floorplates and a sloping terraced façade are just two feature elements adorning the City of London’s latest Grade A office development. …
