In this issue
NSC 3
Apr 20
Cover Image
Leicester City Football Club Training Centre
Main client: Leicester City FC
Architect: KSS
Main contractor: McLaren Construction
Structural engineer: TRP Consulting
Steelwork contractor: BHC
Steel tonnage: 1,700t
April 2020
Vol 28 No 4
These and other steelwork articles can be downloaded from the
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5 Editor’s comment Editor Nick Barrett says there is already light at the end of the COVID-19
tunnel but the steel construction sector remains focussed on the health and safety of its own
and others’ workforces.
6 News BCSA revise Safe Site Handover Certificate to include PHE safety measures to
prevent the spread of COVID-19.
10 Commercial One of the world’s largest chemical businesses is constructing a new steelframed
office complex at its site in Runcorn.
12 Sport Leicester City is constructing one of the largest training facilities in the UK with the
aid of steel construction.
14 Industrial A factory of the future is being built in Dundalk, Republic of Ireland, for
China’s leading biologics medicine manufacturer.
16 Leisure/Education A multi-million-pound scheme in east London includes two steelframed
projects; new leisure centre and an academy.
20 Car park A 1,452-space steel-framed multi-storey car park has been built in Liverpool
to replace a concrete structure that suffered irreparable fire damage.
22 Technical David Brown of the SCI discusses the use of offsite construction in steelframed
multi-storey buildings.
26 Codes and Standards
26 Advisory Desk AD 439 – Transverse reinforcement in composite beams.
27 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features
a cash and carry warehouse.
28 BCSA Members
30 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks
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