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Framing system brings project in on budget
Edinburgh’s Jewel & Esk College twin campus development was recently faced with a serious funding problem with an identified shortfall of £14M. A number …
Steel schools for Sunderland
Barrett Steel Buildings is working on four Sunderland schools for the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme with main contractor Balfour Beatty. The …
Education leads the way
A new steel framed college campus lies at the heart of a multi-million pound regeneration of Walsall, a scheme set to transform the West Midlands borough. The …
SSDA 2008 – Constructionarium Mini-Gherkin, Norfolk
A miniature version of London’s Swiss Re building is a unique structure and recreates the atmosphere of working on a real construction project. The …
SSDA 2008 – Steel Wing, St Marylebone CE School, London
A steel solution was the only answer for one wing and the basement access of a new arts building extension to a central London school. Constructing a new …
SSDA 2008 – Belfast Campus, University of Ulster
The extension to the Belfast Campus was conceived as a landmark structure and has made a significant contribution to the regeneration of the city’s …
Top marks for steel
Phase one of a complete redevelopment of Anniesland College in Glasgow has begun with the construction of a new steel-framed teaching block. Situated three …
New college heralds rebirth of Ravenscraig
An old steelworks site in Lanarkshire is now one of Europe’s largest regeneration projects. Martin Cooper reports on the first construction job to get under …
BREEAM awards green buildings
The greenest buildings in Wales were recognised in the first ever BREEAM Awards, specifically for the Principality, with two steel projects among the winners. …
Ravenscraig regeneration gathers pace
The site of the former steelworks at Ravenscraig in North Lanarkshire will be the UK’s first new town in more than 50 years and home to more than 10,000 …
