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Two towers rise at Lime Street
Steelwork is fast emerging from the ground at the latest high profile, high rise building to be constructed in the City of London. 51 Lime Street is a 29 …
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 …
