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SSDA Commendation: RISE, Belfast
The largest piece of public art in Northern Ireland, the RISE sculpture threw up a number of challenges, not least an erection programme in the middle of a …
Fabrication contract awarded for giant equine sculptures
The multi-million pound contract to fabricate two 30m high stainless steel plated horses heads, as part of a £41M regeneration project in central Scotland, …
Steel sculpture goes for Olympic run
A large sculpture featuring three 10t letters, spelling out the word ‘RUN’, has been installed in the London 2012 Olympic Park. Created by renowned artist …
Apprentices launch shipping heritage sculpture
Three Mabey Bridge apprentices have produced a stunning landmark to celebrate Chepstow’s long and rich engineering heritage. A sculpture depicting 16 …
SSDA 2011 – Exposure, Lelystad, The Netherlands
A complex arrangement of hundreds of galvanised angle sections form a steelwork sculpture inspired by an artist’s own crouching body. Standing 25.6m-high, …
SSDA 2011 – 2010 Festival of Speed Sculpture, Goodwood
Containing 32 fixed radius rolled tube sections, the Festival of Speed Sculpture is an ingenious work of steelwork fabrication and erection. The Goodwood …
20 Years Ago: BCSA sponsor Plymouth steel structure
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 This series of red brick columns standing close to the existing Penzance line are all that remain of a viaduct …
Sculpture stands guard over Cumbernauld
A 10m-high steel sculpture of a female form has been erected on a hill overlooking the Scottish new town of Cumbernauld. Named Arria, after Arria Fadilla the …
Steel lady to transform Scottish town
International public artist Andy Scott will unveil a striking 10m high steel sculpture of a woman for the Scottish town of Cumbernauld this summer. The …
Black hole descends on Tate Modern
A vast steel container made entirely from Corus Advance sections is the eerie centrepiece of the latest exhibition at London’s Tate Modern. Measuring 13m …
