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Grandstand finish
The redevelopment of Doncaster Racecourse is set to transform the site into one of the most modern and impressive sporting venues in the UK. Martin Cooper …
Deep piles take the weight for new Corus facility
The new Automated Distribution Centre now under construction for Corus at its Scunthorpe works required an extremely rigid structure to guarantee its …
Contractors sign up to sustainability charter
Sustainability is rapidly moving up the agenda as a procurement issue and increasingly construction clients are looking for companies which operate in a …
High speed construction
A new state-of-the-art office block in Leeds has demonstrated the speed, flexibility and ease of steel construction. Clarence Dock, in the centre of Leeds, is …
CAD is just the ticket for new bus station
Barnsley’s new centrepiece transport interchange required some intricate 3D modeling to create a complex steel design. Martin Cooper reports on how the …
SSDA 2006 – National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
The judges were impressed by the way steel helped integrate new and old structures to create a new tourist and educational facility. As one of the main …
Open plan for city centre campus
An old Newcastle cinema site is the location for a major campus expansion by the University of Northumbria. Steel construction plays a starring role in the …
Sunderland scores with prestige apartments
Rising up on the site of a former newspaper office, a new steel framed residential block is set to become one of Sunderland’s most prominent landmarks. …
Joint approach lifts health and leisure
Burnley’s health and leisure facilities will be greatly improved by the completion of a flagship centre, believed the first in the UK to bring both uses …
