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Island’s healthcare gets a boost from steel
Getting the steel supply to the island was a logistical challenge which had to be overcome before construction work could begin on an extension to Guernsey’s …
Steel has all the answers for new hospital
The need for a fast erection programme as well as some challenging vibration issues, all came to the fore at a new hospital project in Glasgow where two MRI …
Quick treatment for new hospital
A tight construction programme and the need to minimise disruption to the local community led to the decision to use steel for a new hospital in Glasgow. …
Steel-framed hospital floors ‘comfortably meet vibration limits’
New tests on floors in recently-built steel framed hospitals have demonstrated that they comfortably meet the NHS requirements on vibration response. The tests …
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 …
Race against time in fast-moving medical drama
A new private sector-provided orthopaedic treatment centre for Cheshire and Merseyside was urgently needed. Fortunately, by using steel a demanding schedule …
Children help create hospital with ‘wow’ factor
The new Evelina Children’s Hospital in London sets new standards for design and patient care, as Margo Cole reports. During the Victorian era hospitals, like …
Steel’s cost advantage maintained
Structural steel has maintained its cost advantage over alternative framing materials despite the raw material price increases of the past year, according to …
New guide’s subdued response factor
Use of the latest design guide on hospital floor vibration has allowed a new Treatment Centre to be constructed in steel to a very tight programme. Jon Masters …
November/December 2005 – Steel gives hospitals ‘wow’ appeal
Steel has been making good inroads in the healthcare market over the past few years, a trend which can only be reinforced by the results from floor vibration …