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News in Brief: May 2023
All Lindapter CE Marked products are now additionally UKCA Marked, ensuring continued compliance with both EU and UK Construction Products Regulations. The …
New home for Birmingham BBC gets green light
Birmingham City Council planners have given the go-ahead for the BBC’s new home at the former Typhoo Tea factory in Digbeth. Leading developer Stoford, which …
Top marks for steel
The use of structural steelwork has provided a school project in Wigan with the solution for a regular classroom column grid pattern and long spans for the …
Steel-framed offices achieve outstanding aims
The EQ project in Bristol aims to be one of the city’s first new-build commercial developments to commit to target carbon net-zero in operation in accordance …
Steel supports gardens for Eden
The 12-storey Eden office block, the latest steel-framed development at Salford’s New Bailey, will be adorned with full-height living walls and is said to be …
Carbon neutral means Excellence
Sustainability is at the heart of the NOMA mixed-use scheme in Manchester as the latest steel-framed office development is aiming for a BREEAM ’Excellent’ …
Schools to get ‘transformative’ investment
A ten-year ‘multi-wave’ and ‘transformative’ school building programme has been announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with over £1,000M promised …
New station inspired by steel
High Speed 2 (HS2) has shortlisted three contractors that will be invited to tender for the project’s £570M Birmingham Curzon Street station. The firms …
Birmingham HS2 Curzon Street station gets planning approval
City councillors have voted unanimously in favour of plans for Birmingham’s landmark HS2 Curzon Street station. The £571M station will eventually link …
Updated designs unveiled for West Midlands HS2 stations
New designs for the two new high-speed rail stations in the West Midlands have been unveiled, with HS2 aiming to create two of the most …
