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Town centre evolves with education
A four-storey steel frame, incorporating a retained listed fire station façade, will house a new vocational college in Dudley. Big changes are afoot in Dudley …
Schools galore
Flexibility, transportation and ease of construction played major roles in the decision to choose structural steelwork as the framing material for six school …
School reflects with steel
Steelwork erection will be completed this month on a new school building for the University Church of England Academy at Ellesmere Port near Chester. The new …
Community schools for former mill town
As part of the Academies framework, three new steel framed schools are taking shape in Oldham. Here NSC reports on the progress of each. At its peak in the …
Steel framed schools for former mill town
Structural steelwork is playing an important role in the construction of three new schools currently being built in Oldham by main contractor Willmott Dixon. …
Outstanding school framed in steel
The recently opened Hope Academy in Newton-le-Willows, near Warrington, has been submitted for a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating aided in part by its steel …
Framework takes shape quietly for Derby school
More than 1,200t of structural steelwork is being used to construct the new £34M campus for the Noel-Baker Community School in Derby. Working on behalf of …
Revamp takes shape at Preston academy
The £25M redevelopment of the Fulwood Academy in Preston, Lancashire is nearing completion, with all structural steelwork erection having been completed. The …
New bridge strikes a chord
Chetham’s School of Music has achieved a significant milestone in its £36M redevelopment with the installation of a bridge to connect new 21st century …
January 2012 – Building for future prosperity
The start of a new year is a traditional time for a magazine to look forward, but there will be no market forecasts made in NSC’s pages against such an …