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Council restores local landmark
The London Borough of Bexley is extending and refurbishing a former building society headquarters into civic offices. The former headquarters of the Woolwich …
Big beams create energy plant for Welsh capital
Barnshaw Section Benders, working in conjunction with ASD Westok, has supplied some of the deepest cellular beams ever requested to Fisher Engineering for a …
Cellular beams create Airbus headquarters
ASD Westok has worked closely with consulting engineers Ramboll to successfully deliver 500t of cellular beams for the Airbus Office project in Bristol. The …
Fast delivery for landmark offices
Steel framed construction has allowed a 17-storey Birmingham office block, complete with a feature glazed atrium roof and bow-string trusses, to be built in …
News in Brief: May 2012
Voortman will be holding Product Introduction Days at its facility in Rijssen, The Netherlands on June 28 and 29. The company will demonstrate a large number …
Granite edifice becomes modern steel framed headquarters
The world’s second largest granite building, Marischal College, is undergoing a full scale conversion to provide a 21st century corporate headquarters for …
Tesco shops for steel expertise
Caunton Engineering is supplying and erecting more than 1,300t of structural steelwork on behalf of main contractor Bowmer & Kirkland for a new Tesco …
More for prestigious south bank development
Steel construction has played an integral role in the development of More London on the capital’s south bank. Martin Cooper reports from Plot 7, the last …
Playing by the Merton rule
A new superstore in south west London has been designed to comply with local legislation that requires new non-residential buildings to generate a percentage …
Fire protection of beams with web openings
Dr Ian Simms, Manager of Fire Engineering at SCI, reports on recent developments affecting the design of fire protection for cellular beams. Introduction Beams …
