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Terminal checks in with steel
Steel construction has come to the fore, above and below ground, during the building of a satellite pier at Heathrow Airport. Martin Cooper reports. The …
Wilkinson at steel’s cutting edge
One of the best known names in UK architecture, whose international repute is growing strongly with ambitious and high profile projects under way worldwide, is …
Steel is just the ticket
A new steel framed bus station is being heralded as the precursor for the redevelopment of a large swathe of Stoke-on-Trent’s city centre. It’s all change …
50 Years Ago: Steelwork for 150-ft bridge is erected in one weekend
Four hundred tons of structural steelwork for a 150-ft.-long steel bridge over Birmingham’s Inner Ring Road were erected within 34 hours last autumn. The …
SSDA 2012: Other finalists
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SSDA Commendation: Borough High Street Bridge, London
Substantial additional rail capacity is accommodated on the Borough High Street Bridge, a structure that had to be pre-assembled and then launched over a busy …
London cable car takes flight
The Emirates Air Line, the UK’s first urban cable car, has started a daily service which offers a brand new way of crossing the River Thames. This latest …
Transport museum inspires art exhibition
Glasgow’s steel-framed Riverside Transport Museum is the focus of prize-winning artist Patricia Cain’s ‘construction art’ exhibition, being held at a …
Up, up and away
The first of three signature towers for London’s newest river crossing has been fully erected. NSC embarks on the Emirates Air Line. A new and iconic …
20 Years Ago: Waterloo International trial roof erection
The successful trial erection of a bay of the roof for BR’s £120 million Waterloo International Terminal has been carried out at Wetherby, Yorkshire. The …
