In this issue
NSC 3
July/Aug 18
Cover Image
Brunel Building, Paddington, London
Main client: Derwent London
Architect: Fletcher Priest Architects
Main contractor: Laing O’Rourke
Structural Engineer: Arup
Steelwork contractor: Severfield
Steel tonnage: 2,350t
July/August 2018
Vol 26 No 7
These and other steelwork articles can be downloaded from the
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5 Editor’s comment The BCSA’s National Dinner heard renewed calls for cultural
change to promote adoption of collaborative relationships and new technologies that
will underpin creation of the next generation of high performance, high sustainability
buildings, as Editor NIck Barrett reports.
6 News ArcelorMittal launches Steligence™, a new concept for steel construction, and
the Ordsall Chord project picks up a prestigious industry award.
10 SSDA 50th Anniversary To celebrate the SSDA’s half century, NSC looks back at the
awards in the 2000s.
12 Sector Focus: Steelmaking NSC provides an overview of the various forms of steel
construction products and their uses.
14 Leisure Kick-starting a large redevelopment scheme, Kilkenny will soon have a new
1,400-seat cinema complex.
16 Sport York’s Community Stadium will play host to the city’s football and rugby league
sides as well as offering leisure and cinematic facilities.
18 Commercial A new commercial project overlooking the Grand Union Canal at
Paddington pays homage to Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
22 Commercial A flagship commercial office block is the latest scheme in central
London’s St James’s redevelopment.
24 Bridges All structures over 40m long on the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon
improvement scheme are being built with steel.
26 Technical This issue’s article discusses the phenomenon of lateral torsional buckling.
30 Advisory Desk AD 420 – Minimum values of shear and bending moment in beams with
web openings.
30 Codes and Standards
30 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features a a post
office building in London.
32 BCSA Members
34 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks
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Mr N Barrett; Mr G Couchman, SCI; Mr C Dolling, BCSA;
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