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Opera facility spearheads Thames Gateway regeneration
The Royal Opera House’s Bob and Tamar Manoukian Production Workshop will open on a 14-acre site in Purfleet, Essex at the end of this year. Forming part of …
Civic hall for Guildford
Construction work on Guildford’s new civic hall is on track for completion next year, with the majority of the project’s steelwork now erected. The 1,700 …
Curtain rises on steel classic
Changing the design of Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn from a concrete frame to steel frame resulted in a number of benefits, such as speed of construction and …
Table top construction
A new world class arena in Dublin’s Docklands is being constructed from the shell of a former train shed. Martin Cooper reports on a project which has …
SSDA 2008 – The O2 Arena, North Greenwich
Situated inside the original Millennium Dome, the 02 Arena has been designed to be the most technically and acoustically advanced concert arena in Europe. …
SSDA 2007 – The Young Vic Theatre, London
Maintaining the theatre’s ambience was successfully achieved with a new steel framed interior and roof. This is an extremely complex and intricate rebuild …
Ovals hit the aesthetic benchmark
The use of concrete filled oval sections for the construction of a cinema’s facade not only allowed for an airy and light open area but also provided the …
Steel plays a starring role in the latest Pinewood classic
Speed was paramount for the design and construction of a new film studio. Martin Cooper goes behind the scenes to find out how a design and build job was …
New convention centre and arena for Liverpool
Liverpool’s riverfront will be transformed once a new arena and convention centre is completed in time for the city being European City of Culture in 2008. …
Wales Millennium team honoured
Members of the design team for the Wales Millennium Centre received their award at the 2005 European Convention for Constructional Steelwork in Nice last …
