In this issue
NSC 3
May 20
Cover Image
Lord’s Cricket Ground redevelopment
Main client: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
Architect: Wilkinson Eyre
Main contractor: ISG
Structural engineer: Buro Happold
Steelwork contractor: Severfield
Steel tonnage: 2,300t
May 2020
Vol 28 No 5
These and other steelwork articles can be downloaded from the
New Steel Construction Website at www.newsteelconstruction.com
5 Editor’s comment The steel construction sector has been learning ways of coping safely
with the restrictions imposed because of COVID-19. Editor Nick Barrett says experience so far
suggests that a safe return to work is achievable for the rest of the construction industry.
6 News Record number of high-rise buildings completed in London during 2019 and
Birmingham’s tallest office block takes shape.
10 Headline sponsor Jamestown continues to invest in both plant equipment and people
as it pushes forward during this difficult period.
12 Religion Steel construction has provided the best and most economical solution for a
new church and apartment block in south London.
14 Distribution Two new BREEAM ‘Very Good’ rated distribution centres have been added
to the Icon Manchester Airport logistics park.
16 Sport MCC’s redevelopment of its historic Lord’s Cricket Ground is continuing with the
construction of two new steel-framed stands, which will accommodate 11,600
spectators.
18 Leisure A new theatre in Brixton is relying on steelwork to provide a lightweight
solution and the necessary long spans.
22 Education Two steel tree-like structures are helping the LSE’s Marshall Building achieve
its architectural vision as well as maintaining slimmer structural profiles.
25 Technical Richard Henderson of the SCI illustrates the potential effects of joint stiffness
on the susceptibility of moment-resisting frames to global buckling.
28 Codes and Standards
28 Advisory Desk AD 440 – Fire design of external steelwork.
30 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features
Manchester Road Bridge in London’s docklands.
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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Mr R Gordon; Ms K Harrison, Heyne Tillett Steel;
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features were all
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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