In this issue
NSC 3
June 19
Cover Image
Circle Square Multi-Storey Car Park
Main client: Bruntwood
Concept Architect: Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios
Main contractor: Russels Construction
Steelwork contractor: James Killelea & Co
Steel tonnage: 2,000t
June 2019
Vol 27 No 6
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5 Editor’s comment Editor Nick Barrett explains that selecting steel could be an
increasingly important way to help improve air quality by reducing carbon emissions.
6 News Office construction is up despite Brexit uncertainties and steelwork erection
begins on a new wharf at the British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera base.
10 Commercial The second of two steel-framed commercial buildings sat on top of a
former railway station podium in Salford is nearing completion.
14 Mixed-use Two commercial blocks and a multi-storey car park, which will support a
hotel, are integral elements of Manchester’s £750M Circle Square development.
16 Mixed-use Steel construction is the chosen framing solution for much of an overstation
development being built on top of the Elizabeth Line eastern ticket hall at Bond
Street.
18 Mixed-use A 1990s concrete-framed building in London is being enlarged and
modernised with new steel floors, creating a sustainable construction solution with
significant carbon savings.
22 Residential A residential scheme in Slough, comprising two blocks with 155
apartments, is reaping the benefits of steel construction.
24 Technical Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the fatigue of bracing in buildings
and illustrates a fatigue check of wind bracing in a conventional building.
29 Codes and Standards
29 Advisory Desk AD 431 – Column web panel strengthening.
30 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features a high-rise
commercial scheme on London’s Euston Road.
32 BCSA Members
34 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks
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