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Swansea’s park and ride gets an iconic bridge
The city of Swansea has added an eye-catching bridge structure to its skyline. Known as the Sidings Bridge, it primarily carries an express bus route from an …
Steel wins five categories at prestigious awards
A number of high profile UK steel projects received accolades at the recent Institution of Structural Engineers’ (IStructE) 40th anniversary Structural …
Seven bridges for motorway widening
Rowecord Engineering has fabricated, supplied and erected a total of seven new steel bridges over the M1 motorway, as part of the on-going widening scheme …
40 Years Ago: Attractive new bridge at Windsor
Taken from Building with Steel, 1967 Victoria bridge, which carries the Datchet-Windsor road over the River Thames, was one of a pair constructed about 1851 by …
40 Years Ago: New Flyover at Croydon
Taken from Building with Steel, 1967 The viaduct portion of the new High Street–Old Town flyover in the Greater London Borough of Croydon provides an …
Bridging the missing link
The final £50M stage of the Leeds Inner Ring Road is under way and includes the construction of the dual two-lane 500m-long Hunslet Viaduct. Known locally as …
Weathering steel links to ease congested junction
More than 4,000t of weathering steel will be used for the construction of four new bridges on the busy A2/A282 junction in north Kent, representing one of the …
Environmental title goes to innovative forest walk
An unusual project to create a treetop walk using recycled steel and timber has scooped the Environmental category at the British Construction Industry Awards …
Heat straightening can reduce traffic congestion
The Highways Agency (HA) in collaboration with the BCSA is now providing guidance for a recently adopted technique for bridge repairs which will help speed …
Weathering steel for Eden River
As part of the 5km-long A66 Temple Sowerby bypass in Cumbria, Fairfield Mabey, working as Skanska Construction’s steelwork partner for the Highways Agency, …
