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Steel package awarded for
Stratford’s V&A East building
Contractor named for latest City of London tower
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Mar 20
Consent given for major Manchester regeneration scheme
Skanska has won a £240M contract
to construct 20 Ropemaker Street
in Central London for its customer,
Great Elm Assets, in association with
Old Park Lane Management and its
Development Partner CO—RE.
Skanska will also install mechanical,
electrical and plumbing engineering
services in the 25-storey commercial
project, due to start construction soon
and complete early in 2023. Currently,
the existing buildings are being
demolished in advance of construction
focusing on straight to the point
practical design using the
Eurocode Blue Book. The course
is aimed at designers of
orthodox structures where the
resistance tables are the
preferred way of selecting
members. Birmingham
Thursday 30 April 2020
½ Day Wind Actions and
Snow Loads to BS EN 1991
course
This short course will cover the
calculation of wind actions and
commencing.
The scheme consists of 38,900m2
of office space and 1,094m2 of ground
level retail space.
The project includes the creation
of a double-height entrance and lobby
along Ropemaker Street close to
Moorgate tube station and a separate
dedicated cycle entrance. A single
storey of business space will be located
at mezzanine level within the ‘street
block’.
Steve Holbrook, Skanska Managing
snow loads in accordance
with the Eurocodes and the
UK National Annexes. The
presentation on wind
actions will cover the
recommended approach of
considering quadrants
around the site for hand
calculations. The significant
differences compared to the
previous BS will be
discussed. Birmingham
Tuesday 21 April 2020
Floor Vibrations
This Webinar will cover: Theory
of Vibration; Simple Methods;
Finite Element Analysis; Special
cases - Light Gauge and
Hospitals and Mitigation
Strategies
Thursday 30 April 2020
½ Day Straight to the Point in
Eurocode Design course
This four hour course contains
minimum theory and maximum
hands-on member design –
The London Legacy Development
Corporation (LLDC) has appointed
Bourne Steel to undertake the
construction of the structural steel
frame and associated works of the
Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) East
building at East Bank in Stratford, east
London.
The £11.6M contract was awarded in
January 2020 and the works will start on
site in July. The scope of works includes
the structural and secondary steelwork,
including intumescent fire protection
and decorative finishes, precast concrete
floor slabs with structural toppings,
holo-rib deck and in-situ concrete floors
and toppings.
Bourne Steel Managing Director,
Nick Hatton said: “Bourne Steel are
delighted to have been awarded the
contract to deliver the V&A structural
frame package and to be working on
such a prestigious project as the East
Bank development for LLDC.”
East Bank is a 4.25-hectare site which
will also see new buildings for Sadler’s
Wells dance theatre, the BBC and a new
campus for UAL’s London College of
Fashion.
Rosanna Lawes, Executive Director
of Development at the London Legacy
Development Corporation, said: “We
are pleased to have made so much
progress on site and we are gaining real
momentum in delivering this major
project for London and the UK.
“East Bank will be a powerhouse of
culture, education and innovation with
world-class institutions.”
Manchester City Council has approved
plans for the £1.4bn regeneration of the
former industrial Mayfield area near
Piccadilly railway station.
Plans envisage a distinctive and
imaginative mixed-use neighbourhood,
which will be centred around the city’s first
new public park in more than 100 years.
The decision allows The Mayfield
Partnership to start one of the UK’s largest
urban regeneration projects, which includes
29,700m2 of world-class commercial space
across two buildings, The Poulton and The
Republic; and a multi-storey car park.
The Poulton, designed by Bennetts
Associates, will provide 7,051m2 of
commercial space and feature a doubleheight,
flexible ground floor that will be
open to the public throughout the day
and evening for uses that could include
wellbeing activities, leisure and co-working.
It is complemented by The Republic,
designed by Morris+Company, a 13-storey,
22,600m2 flagship office development that
includes larger floorplates and landscaped
roof terraces.
Work is expected to commence on-site
on the park and the buildings this year.
The Mayfield Partnership includes
Manchester City Council, Transport
for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and
regeneration specialist U+I.
Richard Upton, Chief Development
Officer at U+I, said: “Mayfield will be one
of the UK’s defining urban developments
this decade. These plans for the first phase
bring together exceptional new workplaces
with cultural space, centred on a beautifully
landscaped park that will provide a
transformative and sustainable public
amenity for the people of Manchester long
into the future.”
Diary
For SCI events contact Jane Burrell, tel: 01344 636500 email: education@steel-sci.com web: https://portal.steel-sci.com/trainingcalendar.html
Director, Building said: “We are
delighted to win this contract and to
welcome Great Elm as a customer. The
project is aiming to achieve BREEAM
‘Outstanding’ and WELL Building
Standard v2 – Platinum and we will use
innovative construction techniques to
help the client realise this ambition.
“Our innovative approach enables
us to deliver better and more effective
projects for customers and we look
forward to working with our customer
to achieve this on Ropemaker Street.”
Tuesday 12 May 2020
Steel Frames and
Disproportionate Collapse Rules
course
A solid introduction to the design
of steel-framed buildings to avoid
disproportionate collapse. The
guidance provided is in
accordance with the current
Building Regulations, the
Eurocodes and Approved
Document A which require that
disproportionate collapse must be
considered in the design of all
buildings. London
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