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New guide shows way to economies in fire safe design
A new edition of a guide based on major fire tests allows further economies to be made in the fire safe design of buildings. Gerald Newman, Manager – Fire …
Courtroom appeal
Manchester’s new Civil Justice Centre dramatically rethinks what a court building should look like. Think of a court building and the image that comes to …
SSDA 2005 – Plantation Place South, City of London
This large City of London commercial development employed an innovative load bearing stone façade and was a proving ground for new fire engineering …
SSDA 2005 – The Wellcome Trust, Gibbs Building, London
Medical research charity the Wellcome Trust wanted a prestigious headquarters building providing flexible working space for its 500 staff. The Gibbs building …
Legal landmark gets complex design
Erecting unusual cantilevered ‘fingers’ is one of the main challenges facing steelwork contractor William Hare at the new Manchester Civil Justice Centre. …
Dancing columns at Waterloo
A new London office development in Southwark challenges some of the preconceptions of what a building should look like and presented a few challenges to the …
Tate’s 100 tonne steps
Constructing a 100-tonne steel structure to form the centrepiece of a new exhibition by Sir Anthony Caro at the Tate Modern presented several unusual …
Warm Wellcome for a quality building
Early involvement of the steelwork contractor helped deliver a quality solution for Wellcome Trust’s new corporate headquarters building. David Fowler …
City goes long on frame analysis
A large City of London commercial development has been a proving ground for new fire engineering techniques using finite element frame analysis. Nick Barrett …
Weathering steel gets out of the block
The UK’s biggest sculpture — Manchester’s B of the Bang — has been handed over to the client after a successful installation by principal steelwork …
