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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 …
Britain’s first commercial monorail
Taken from Building with Steel, 1967 It is well recognised that one solution to easing transport problems in Britain’s densely populated towns and cities …
New look for Hull city centre
The new multipurpose St Stephen’s development has benefited from a number of important steel elements including more than one mile of shop front steel. The …
On the waterfront
Liverpool is gearing up to become European City of Culture 2008 with the construction of an impressive new arena and convention centre. Martin Cooper reports. …
Hull city centre gets a make-over
Steel is playing an important role in Kingston-upon-Hull’s on-going city-centre regeneration scheme. Overall known as St Stephen’s, the £160M retail and …
Steel checks in at the YMCA
More than 330t of structural steelwork has been used for the construction of a new YMCA complex in St Helens. The project consists of two main parts: a two and …
40 Years Ago: The new Coventry Swimming Baths
Taken from Building with Steel, 1966 These splendid new swimming baths are now in full operation: a number of interesting design features are incorporated in …
40 Years Ago: Moving along with Steel
Taken from Building with Steel, 1966 Britain’s first holiday camp monorail Steelwork, 320 tons of it, is used in Britain’s first monorail at Butlin’s …
A roof within a roof
Formerly known as the Millennium Dome, London’s giant big top is set to be reborn as a US-style entertainment centre with a 23,000 seat arena, bars, …
Creating shed-loads of value
There is no other industry sector of such importance to the national economy that happily bears as unassuming a name as sheds. Nick Barrett reports on new …
