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Swimming pool to kick-start regeneration
The Northamptonshire town of Corby has some ambitious plans which include rebuilding and redesigning large areas of the town centre. Martin Cooper reports from …
Seafront apartments are put in the frame
More than 200t of cold rolled steel from Metsec’s Framing Division fa- cilitated the fast track completion of two multi-storey apartment blocks on the …
Giant sports complex for Scotland
One of the UK’s largest public sports centres is under construction in East Kilbride. Sporting facilities on offer at the Playsport Scotland project will …
Retail destination of the north
A former rail goods yard in Aberdeen is being converted into one of Scotland’s largest retail and leisure zones. Martin Cooper reports from a city where …
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. …
Keeping within a height restriction
The new steel framed Swan Leisure Centre will form an integral element of Eastleigh’s town centre regeneration programme. NSC reports from a project not only …
Wakefield city centre to get a make-over
Steelwork has been completed for the first phase of the Trinity Walk redevelopment, a £200M project which will transform Wakefield city centre. Biillington …
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 …
Completing the mountain top challenge
Building a new visitor centre on the summit of Mount Snowdon presented a number of unique challenges, not least how to get all the materials to site. Martin …
