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Hospital aims for excellence
A new 800 bed acute hospital is rapidly taking shape in north Bristol, a project which is making use of more than 6,000t of structural steelwork and aiming to …
Steel treatment for research campus
The latest structure at Newcastle’s state-of-the-art medical research campus is another steel-framed building. Steel has proven to be the material of choice …
Quick steel is cost efficient
Using steel has paid dividends on a health care project in Doncaster with limited site access and storage space available. As part of a £14M project to …
Glasgow hospital scoops third award
The new Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow has won the ‘Best Healthcare Building 2009’ at the Glasgow Institute of Architects (GIA) Awards, its third prestigious …
A wing to suit programme constraints
Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital is in the midst of a redevelopment with the construction of a new wing. A steel frame has proven to be the answer for a …
New hospitals are super in steel
Speed, efficiency and cost effectiveness are just some of the reasons why a massive Birmingham hospital project is relying entirely on steel as its framing …
Flexible steel gets clean bill of health
Changing the structural design to steel, from timber and masonry, has resulted in a quicker construction time and more efficient buildings for a new healthcare …
Island’s healthcare gets a boost from steel
Getting the steel supply to the island was a logistical challenge which had to be overcome before construction work could begin on an extension to Guernsey’s …
Steel has all the answers for new hospital
The need for a fast erection programme as well as some challenging vibration issues, all came to the fore at a new hospital project in Glasgow where two MRI …
Quick treatment for new hospital
A tight construction programme and the need to minimise disruption to the local community led to the decision to use steel for a new hospital in Glasgow. …
