The Structural Steel Design Awards 1972

From Building with Steel, November 2022

The British Steel Corporation in conjunction with the British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd has now presented awards for the fourth structural steelwork design competition. As in previous years the aim was ‘to recognise high standards of design… in terms of efficiency, economy and aesthetics’ while in addition a new category was introduced recognizing innovation. Altogether, then, there were four sections this year – Buildings, Bridgework, Miscellaneous and Innovation and, as can be seen, each has attracted most interesting entries. Next year, for the first time, there is to be a European Structural Steelwork Design Award and each member country of the European Convention of Structural Steelwork is permitted to submit one entry. The judges for the UK competition were unanimous in selecting the Erskine Bridge for this role and additionally deciding that it was worthy of the special award for 1972.

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Erskine Bridge

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Freeman, Fox & Partners
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Fairfield-Mabey Ltd

Special Facilities Building

ARCHITECTS
SBT (Scott, Brownrigg & Turner)
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Leonard & Partners
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Modern Engineering (Bristol) Ltd

Pilot Head Office

ARCHITECTS
Foster Associates
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Anthony Hunt Associates
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Metal Sections Ltd

Servicing Hangar

ARCHITECTS
Murray Ward & Partners
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Braithwaite & Co. Structural Ltd

Almond Valley Bridge

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Chief Engineer’s Department,
Livingston Development Corporation
(Chief Engineer J. Munro, C Eng, MICE,
MIMunE)
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company Ltd

Footbridge at Torquay

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Butterley Engineering Co. Ltd
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Butterley Engineering Co. Ltd

Sbi Prototype

ARCHITECTS
Department of Architecture and Planning,
Milton Keynes Development Corporation
(Chief Architect and Planning Officer:
Derek Walker, DipArch, FRI BA)
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Anthony Hunt Associates in association with Department of Engineering, Milton Keynes Development Corporation (Chief Engineer: Ernest Pye, M Eng, FICE, FI Mun E, MTPI)
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Bromwich Structures Ltd

Steel Lining to Second Mersey Tunnel

DESIGNERS
Mott, Hay & Anderson

Demountable Car Park

DESIGNERS
BOAC Properties Branch
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Robert Frazer & Sons Ltd
STEELWORK CONTRACTORS
Robert Frazer & Sons Ltd