{"id":29565,"date":"2019-10-30T12:39:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/?p=29565"},"modified":"2019-10-30T12:39:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:39:01","slug":"steel-completes-at-sheffields-new-era-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/steel-completes-at-sheffields-new-era-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Steel completes at Sheffield\u2019s New Era development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NewEra191031.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NewEra191031.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NewEra191031-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Working on behalf of main contractor Bowmer + Kirkland, Shipley Structures has completed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Construction#Steel_erection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">steelwork erection<\/a> for the two buildings that constitute phase two of the Sheffield New Era development.<\/p>\n<p>Known as blocks D and E, both are nine-storey steel-framed structures, with the former being a predominantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Multi-storey_office_buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commercial building<\/a> including a third-floor restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Block D required 570t of structural steelwork and was the final building to be erected. Shipley Structures Director Glynn Shepperson said: \u201cIn order to maintain the aesthetic requirements of the architect and client, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Braced_frames#Vertical_bracing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diagonal steel bracing<\/a> had to be omitted from the front elevation and to the building returns, due to the high volume of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Steel-supported_glazed_facades_and_roofs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glazing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile utilising slim-line floor beams to limit the building height, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Concept_design#Structural_options_for_stability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stability<\/a> of the overall steel structure was maintained by the strategic use of temporary bracings until the ultimate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Composite_construction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">composite design action<\/a> of the frame was achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The previously erected block E required 480t of steelwork and was completed last December. This L-shaped building will house retail on the ground floor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelconstruction.info\/Residential_and_mixed-use_buildings#Student_residences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">student apartments<\/a> on the upper levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working on behalf of main contractor Bowmer + Kirkland, Shipley Structures has completed the steelwork erection for the two buildings that constitute phase two of the Sheffield New Era development. Known as blocks D and E, both are nine-storey steel-framed structures, with the former being a predominantly commercial building including a third-floor restaurant. Block D [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/NewEra191031.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3WsLP-7GR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29566,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29565\/revisions\/29566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsteelconstruction.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}