The creation of steel goes back to four thousand years ago, though it wasn’t used to its full potential until 1856. Henry Bessemer created a way to use oxygen to lower the amount of carbon in iron, which is what created steel. Even though the use of steel for construction started over two hundred years…
Buckingham Group has been awarded the contract to build the 500,000 sq ft cross dock logistics facility with construction set to start this month and complete next April. It will be the second unit to be brought forward at Symmetry Park, Kettering following the completion in February of a 312,875 sq ft unit which was…
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) and the Calgary Stampede celebrated the ceremonial ‘topping out’ of the steel structure for the BMO Centre expansion, as the final 90-foot piece of steel was set into place. In just 11 short months, crews installed 9,000 metric tons of steel to form the structure of the BMO Centre’s 565,000…
The campus design matches the company’s distinct approach to the growing baby product and accessory industry — delivering “higher standards of innovation and style,” according to the UPPAbaby website. The architectural team from Bergmeyer Associates, based in Boston, used smooth insulated metal panels (IMPs) with metallic coatings and a glass curtain wall to further the contemporary…
Inspired by the city’s industrial history, the Nashville Warehouse Co. marks the first large-scale mass timber project in Music City. Designed by Chicago-based Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, the three-building complex offers 200,000 square feet of Class A office space. Rising five stories, the structures are notable due to their floor-to-floor heights: 18 feet at ground level…
IntroductionSteel structures help define our modern world. It is no overstatement to say that steel production and construction are primary shapers of our reality. Given steel’s importance to the globe as a whole, pioneers within the industry whether its production or construction are looking to adopt newer technologies to improve the industry as a whole.…
Contractor Farrans Sacyr JV, designer Arup and client Translink have celebrated Belfast Grand Central Station’s topping out ceremony to mark the completion of the main building’s steel frame. The new transport hub will replace the current Europa bus centre and Great Victoria Street train station with an 8ha site in Weavers Cross, a new neighbourhood…
A County Durham-based structural steel supplier and installer is set to be liquidated next week, Construction News can reveal. Intelligent Steel Solutions Ltd, which operates from a three-hectare site in Peterlee, provides cold-formed structural steel to construction projects. Its website says its services include light gauge cold form structural steel, facade infill, load bearing structures…
Global Heavy Steel Construction for Building Market Growth 2023-2029 is the latest research study released by HTF MI evaluating the market risk side analysis, highlighting opportunities, and leveraging strategic and tactical decision-making support. The report provides information on market trends and development, growth drivers, technologies, and the changing investment structure of the Global Heavy Steel…
Enersense, a provider of zero-emission energy solutions, will deliver steel structures to Aker Solutions in Norway. Aker Solutions is involved in various offshore projects internationally. Aker Solutions has ordered steel structure modules (pre-assembled units) from Enersense for the Hugin A production platform which is part of the Aker BP-operated Yggdrasil oil and gas development in…
If you’re developing a new self-storage facility, you’re likely wondering which materials will be best for your project in terms of aesthetics, maintenance, longevity and cost. Metal is a key component of most buildings in this industry, but why does it dominate the landscape, especially when there are so many other options from which to…
Earlier this year, US construction giant Trimble and its modelling software arm Tekla joined ResponsibleSteel. Here, Technical Manager Mick Hodgson explains what this means and where steel sits within a net zero future for the built environment industries. It’s no secret that the carbon impact of construction is coming under even greater scrutiny. There’s plenty…
The framing system for Bone Structure homes is made of steel tubes manufactured in factories and designed to connect together on-site. Photo courtesy Bone Structure. It was the aspiration of Stanford’s Atmosphere and Energy Program director to live in a net-zero home that was “strong, durable and could withstand a major earthquake, as well as…
