In this issue
NSC 3
Jun 20
Cover Image
Ilona Rose House Development, London
Main client: Soho Estates
Architect: MATT Architecture
Main contractor: Sir Robert McAlpine
Structural engineer: Tier Consult
Steelwork contractor: William Hare
Steel tonnage: 2,900t
Photo: Ben Burns, William Hare
June 2020
Vol 28 No 6
These and other steelwork articles can be downloaded from the
New Steel Construction Website at www.newsteelconstruction.com
5 Editor’s comment The industry is gearing up to resume work in a changed world. Editor
Nick Barrett says however that predictions of the end of the office are overdone.
6 News Green high-rise office planned for the City of London and steel-framed walkways
reimagined to allow social distancing.
12 Headline sponsor ArcelorMittal is aiming to meet the Paris Agreement's environmental
aspirations to ensure steelmaking becomes carbon neutral.
14 Sector focus: Commercial Buildings NSC evaluates what the commercial office sector
will look like post COVID-19.
16 Sector Focus: Commercial Buildings Round-up NSC highlights some of the prestigious
commercial schemes that were completed in the last 12 months.
18 Education A second mini-Swiss Re building has been produced for the
Constructionarium’s new site in Southall.
20 Mixed-use A mixed-use development in London’s Soho has office space specifically
designed for the area’s creative industries.
24 Commercial A 1960s concrete office block is being enlarged and redeveloped with the
addition of 13 new steel-framed upper floors.
26 Technical The SCI offers a reminder of the guidance covering in-plane stability of portal
frames.
29 Codes and Standards
29 Advisory Desk AD 443 – The use of fully threaded bolts.
30 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features a
warehouse in Dagenham for Ford.
32 BCSA Members
34 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks
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taken before the new
coronavirus social
distancing restrictions
came into force.
As such, some may
show operatives in
close proximity to each
other.
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