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Historic chapel reborn as student accommodation
A steel-framed structure has been erected inside of a Manchester ecclesiastical landmark as part of a restoration and conversion project. Martin Cooper …
Retail conversion
Installing new steel-framed floorplates into a refurbished 1960s shopping centre is helping to create a contemporary retail and dining quarter. Surrey’s …
Steel and the circular economy
All steel construction products are inherently recyclable but structural steel elements are also inherently reusable. These and many other attributes of …
A tale of two cities
The steel-framed Embankment commercial development is the first part of a large regeneration scheme altering the area separating Manchester and Salford. Martin …
Retaining a City streetscape
A modern steel-framed office and retail scheme in the City of London is being constructed behind two retained façades. Set in the heart of the City of …
Steel construction gets the red carpet
One of Europe’s largest retained façades is being incorporated into a new steel-framed mixed-use development on London’s famous Leicester Square. Martin …
Circus feat
A new commercial development on Finsbury Circus in the City of London has thrown-up a number of unique challenges, reports Martin Cooper. Overlooking the City …
Steel supports power station project
Steel contractor Adey Steel will soon begin work to fabricate and install more than 700t of façade retention steelwork at Lots Road power station in Chelsea, …
Steelwork completed on St James’s Market
William Hare has completed the steel erection for the prestigious central London St James’s Market project. Comprising two adjacent eight-storey steel-framed …
Façade retention in the frame
A new six-storey mixed-use development is taking shape behind a retained listed façade on London’s world-famous Regent Street. Martin Cooper reports. …
