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Trusses create sports mecca
A steel frame was the only viable solution at the Plymouth Life Centre where long spans abound. Martin Cooper reports from the South West’s biggest ever …
More leisure and primary care opportunities for North East
Forming part of a programme to construct new leisure and primary care facilities in Gateshead, NSC reports on two steel framed centres currently under …
Excellence achieved at leisure centre
Sustainability and green credentials were the main drivers for a new leisure centre in Bletchley. NSC reports on a project which has achieved all of its aims …
An exercise in steel
A new community leisure centre and swimming pool in St Helens, which incorporates a number of sustainable features, is making full use of steel’s speed and …
Galvanised steelwork for Himalayan zoo centre
Much of the steelwork used to create the £7M Himalaya visitor centre at Twycross Zoo was galvanised by East Anglian Galvanizing, which is part of the Wedge …
Restoring a seaside institution
The Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare will reopen this summer following a rebuilding programme after much of the original structure was damaged by a fire in …
Making a splash with steel
Steelwork’s aesthetic appeal has come to the fore in the design of a new swimming pool and library complex in Bromley. Work has commenced on a new swimming …
Transformation of university campus
The University of Leeds is transforming its campus by investing more than £300M in a host of new state of the art educational research, residential and …
Swimming pool to kick-start regeneration
The Northamptonshire town of Corby has some ambitious plans which include rebuilding and redesigning large areas of the town centre. Martin Cooper reports from …
Seafront apartments are put in the frame
More than 200t of cold rolled steel from Metsec’s Framing Division fa- cilitated the fast track completion of two multi-storey apartment blocks on the …
