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Retail destination of the north
A former rail goods yard in Aberdeen is being converted into one of Scotland’s largest retail and leisure zones. Martin Cooper reports from a city where …
Retail boost for Cork
Construction work is well under way on the 4,500t steel frame extension to the Douglas Village Shopping Centre in Cork, Ireland. Steelwork contractor Walter …
Construction work surges ahead in Scottish boom town
While many towns and cities across the UK are feeling the pinch from the credit crunch, Aberdeen has shown little sign of a construction slowdown and a number …
Town centre enhanced with steel
The Oxfordshire market town of Witney is being transformed as a new retail and leisure development takes shape on a three hectare site formerly occupied by a …
Reinventing a shopping centre
A town centre shopping mall that had been rapidly falling into a state of disrepair has been extensively refurbished with steel and is now a flagship …
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 …
Capital change
A new cultural and business quarter is rapidly taking shape on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin’s Docklands. Martin Cooper reports from a project …
Leaning columns create visual masterpiece
It’s all change in the Yorkshire city of Wakefield which is in the midst of a large regeneration programme, with one of the initial phases centred around a …
Hotel and retail project will rejuvenate Chelmsford town centre
Steelwork erection has begun on a mixed-use development in Chelmsford which includes an 81-bed Travelodge hotel, 12 residential apartments and approximately …
Creating a retail destination
Steelwork’s flexibility has come to the fore on a new retail development in Livingston town centre. Martin Cooper reports. The growth in large retail …
