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Drake leisure scheme sails into port
Offering 12 cinema screens and a host of retail and restaurant outlets, the Drake Circus leisure development is set to transform the site of a previously …
High-rise and column-free
Manchester’s latest commercial development is a 12-storey, column-free London-spec office block at 125 Deansgate. Martin Cooper reports. The twin cities of …
Bespoke structural components
NSC reports on fabricated structural components used in buildings and the capability and capacity required by producers of these items. Readers of NSC will be …
AD 421: Design responsibility for welds in fabricated plate girders
In recent months the SCI has received a number of questions about responsibility for the design of the welds between the web and flanges of a plate girder. …
A nod to an engineer
Exposed steelwork is the order of the day for a new eye-catching commercial development in west London. Martin Cooper reports. Overlooking the Grand Union …
Sport in the frame
York’s Community Stadium will host football and rugby league, as well as providing an array of leisure facilities and a 13-screen cinema. Martin Cooper …
Banking on steel
The latest steel-framed office tower at Canary Wharf features a sloping western façade as well as a flexible design based around cellular beams. London’s …
Design software for SIN beams now available
The Steel Construction Institute (SCI) has completed designing a software programme for Ireland-based steelwork contractor Kiernan Structural Steel, covering …
Academic design exposed
A famous London seat of learning has chosen to use an aesthetically-pleasing exposed steel frame for its latest redevelopment project. Martin Cooper reports. …
Continued success at Jamestown
Architects and engineers are having greater input through the constructional steelwork fabrication process on ‘higher-end’ projects says structural …
