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East Anglia’s largest potato store built with steel
A steel frame, erected by AC Bacon Engineering, has helped create what is said to be the largest potato store in East Anglia. The box potato store and grading …
The Next big thing
A large 25m-high distribution centre for Next is rapidly taking shape on the outskirts of Doncaster. The UK’s distribution centre sector is on the up with a …
Design of steel portal frame buildings to Eurocode 3
Dr Richard Henderson examines SCI’s publication P399 on portal frame design. In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations in this technical …
London’s Olympic legacy
Nearly three years ago London hosted one of the most successful Olympic and Paralympic Games in modern times, but what has happened to those iconic venues? NSC …
Retail development checks out with steel
Steelwork’s speed of construction has played a significant role in the building of a new retail park in Rugby, scheduled to open in September less than one …
Entrance arrives at station
A portal-framed entrance structure, built over the River Aire, will help alleviate passenger congestion at Leeds station. Martin Cooper reports. Leeds city …
Design of cold-formed portal frames
David Brown of the SCI discusses some of the issues to be considered when designing portal frames constructed from cold-formed steel. In order to retain the …
Steel supplies DIY merchant
One of the country’s leading DIY and building trade suppliers is expanding one of its distribution centres with steel construction. Building work is under …
Sports company expands with steel
The only viable option for Sports Direct’s new distribution centre was a steel framed solution. On the site of the former Shirebrook colliery, just north of …
First building completed at Swansea University’s £450m Bay Campus
The steel-framed Institute of Structural Materials (ISM) is the first building to be completed and handed over by developer St Modwen on Swansea University’s …
