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NSC 3
April 18
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Iron Bridge Conservation
Main client: English Heritage
Main contractor: Taziker Industrial
April 2018
Vol 26 No 4
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New Steel Construction Website at www.newsteelconstruction.com
5 Editor’s comment Editor Nick Barrett welcomes a new feature celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the Structural Steel Design Awards.
6 News The Worldsteel Association construction conference comes to London and the
Steel Construction Institute starts product certification.
10 SSDA 50th Anniversary To celebrate the SSDA’s half century, NSC looks back at the
first awards and the 1970s.
12 Sector Focus: Light Gauge Steel This month’s focus investigates the the advantages
of using light steel framing solutions.
14 Leisure The North Wales resort of Rhyl is constructing a steel-framed waterpark and
leisure space, topped with two wave-like roofs.
16 Bridge A new weathering steel bridge carrying two railway lines forms an integral
part of the Lincoln A15 Eastern Bypass scheme.
18 Heritage Iron Bridge, the world’s first single span cast iron arch bridge is undergoing
a full-scale conservation and repair programme.
22 Airport In preparation for recommencing commercial flights, Carlisle Lake District
Airport is building a new steel-framed terminal.
24 Healthcare A new hospital in Birmingham has a flexible steel frame design that allows it
to be expanded by adding more floors.
27 Technical Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the resistance of cross sections subject
to shear and bending.
29 Advisory Desk AD 417 – resistance of sections to combined shear and bending.
30 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features a plant
house and a orchid house at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.
31 Codes & Standards
32 BCSA Members
34 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks
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