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Bright future provided by steel framed schools
Steel sourced from Corus, which has a large manufacturing plant at Scunthorpe, is making a substantial local impact by being used to construct two new schools …
Community spirited school
NSC reports on the continuing National Academies framework in Liverpool where the new £24M Litherland High School for Sefton Council is under construction. …
World class academy for Manchester
The steel frame for the new state of the art Manchester Enterprise Academy has been completed by Billington Structures. The £19M educational facility will …
A school for future needs
In-built flexibility has played a major role in the design of a new school in Liverpool, where all teaching blocks can be enlarged and rearranged to …
New school is lesson in design
Large internal spans and plenty of exposed steelwork were central to the design of new buildings for a school in south London renowned for its performance and …
Introducing Target Zero
The BCSA and Corus have announced a major initiative to help make zero carbon buildings a reality. The £1M ‘Target Zero’ project will provide designers …
Steel provides first class solution
Designing a new school in central Scotland with a steel frame has provided the facility with an innovative oratory structure and classrooms of differing sizes. …
School for the future
Employing a steelwork contractor on a design and build contract has paid dividends on an innovative school project in Sunderland. Sunderland City Council is …
November/December 2008 – Top marks from schools
A welcome item of good news recently has been the government’s announcement that it will bring forward public spending to boost construction. One source of …
June 2009 – Education ambition demands benefits of steel
The search for those elusive green shoots of recovery sometimes seems to be taking on near manic proportions, with City commentators falling over themselves to …