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Frame keeps project in good health
A steel-framed solution has provided a new health centre with a future-proofed flexible design and the desired clear spans. Martin Cooper reports from …
Cross-braced lateral load-resisting systems
Cross bracing is a traditional means of providing lateral stability to structures. Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses some of the features of this …
Steel at home
A residential scheme in Liverpool’s creative and digital quarter is using a steel framing solution due to the material’s spanning qualities and ability …
Commercial scheme reinvented
Steel construction has come to the fore as a concrete-framed central London commercial block gets redeveloped with additional floor space. A growing trend in …
Added metal
A steel-framed solution has ticked all of the boxes for the Metalworks residential scheme in Slough. Second only to London as a UK location for global …
Major residential scheme takes shape on Merseyside
Working on behalf of main contractor ISG, Walter Watson has completed the erection of 1,200t of steelwork for a residential scheme in Liverpool’s Baltic …
The right time for steel
In the second of our retail and leisure based regeneration projects, Martin Cooper reports from Time Square in Warrington. Warrington is perhaps best known for …
Champagne design
Martin Cooper reports from a Hampshire vineyard that is expanding its facilities with a steel-framed wine cellar. If one was listing famous winemaking regions …
Steel drives car showroom design
The ability to create long clear spans, as well as its speed of construction, are some of the reasons why steelwork is the ideal framing solution for car …
Yorkshire gets fitness boost
An economically-designed steel-framed leisure centre is set to provide the local community in Bradford with modern sporting facilities. One of the more active …
