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www.newsteelconstruction.com Long span at St Michael’s Vol 23 No 2 February 2015 23 No 2 February Vol On The Curve in Slough Regent Street façade retained New phase at Longbridge New High Wycombe hub In this issue Cover Image The Curve cultural and learning centre, Slough Main client: Slough Borough Council Structural engineer: Peter Brett Associates Steelwork contractor: Caunton Engineering Steel tonnage: 370t February 2015 Vol 23 No 2 Editor’s comment Editor Nick Barrett says good news on steel’s market share and positive forecasts 5 for demand have brightened the outlook for steelwork contractors and their clients News The 2014 Market Share survey has confirmed that steel is still the preferred framing solution for 6 the UK and Ireland. Retail The regeneration of the former Longbridge car plant continues with the construction of the 10 region’s largest Marks & Spencer store. Commercial Redeveloping 169-183 Regent Street, London involves an extensive façade retention 12 scheme. Community Church and community groups in Bristol will have a new church facility, with a multi- 14 purpose auditorium seating up to 550 people. Civic A uniquely shaped cultural centre is the latest development in Slough’s town centre 16 regeneration. Embodied emissions The SCI has carried out an audit to quantify the carbon footprint of the 19 fabrication process. Retail & Leisure The Handy Cross hub development will deliver retail, commercial and leisure facilities 20 on the outskirts of High Wycombe. 22 CE Marking Dr David Moore explains the concept of Execution Class. Technical The SCI explains the design of runway beams carrying an underslung hoist or crane to 24 BS EN 1993-6. 26 Advisory Desk AD 386 Clarification of notch dimensions and shear resistances in SCI P358. 50 Years Ago Our look back through the pages of Building with Steel features a roof design at the 28 Tokyo Olympic Village. 30 BCSA Members 32 Register of Qualified Steelwork Contractors for Bridgeworks These and other steelwork articles Codes and Standards can be downloaded from the New 34 Steel Construction Website at www.newsteelconstruction.com NSC February 2015 3 www.steel-sci.com SCI provide technical in-depth courses and In business, there’s webinars to keep engineers updated with the latest developments within steel design and equip them to nothing wrong with design competently, efficiently and safely. having a head start Essential Steelwork Design 2 day course 17 & 18 Mar-15, Nottingham The new FICEP Endeavour - Portal Frames Design – Part 3 the incredibly fast, automatic CNC line for M Connections and Detailing drilling, milling and marking beams with 24-Mar-15, Webinar additional auxiliary axis movement Connection Design Once a beam is clamped in position, drilling, milling and marking can be undertaken 26-Mar-15, Bristol simultaneously on all sides of the beam without any further intervention of the operator. 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[email protected] FICEP UK Ltd., 3 Gilcar Way, Valencia Park, Wakefield Europort, +44 (0)1344 636500 Normanton WF10 5QS www.steel-sci.com/courses THINK PRODUCTIVITY www.ficep.co.uk Comment Market forecast paints a brighter picture www.steel-sci.com Our News section this month contains positive news for the steel construction supply chain SCI provide technical in-depth courses and as well as for its clients. webinars to keep engineers updated with the latest The continuing strength of steel as the favoured material for frames in all of the key sectors of the market is confirmed in our Market Share survey story. developments within steel design and equip them to The steel construction market forecasts that are also published this month show a near design competently, efficiently and safely. 40% rise in the amount of office space being built over the five years to 2018. The sheds market and other key sectors are also in for a period of sustained growth. Essential Steelwork Design This issue of NSC shows plenty of reasons why steel is favoured in so many diverse 2 day course Nick Barrett - Editor markets. The façade retention on London’s Regent Street that we visit is made possible by 17 & 18 Mar-15, Nottingham steel’s ease of use on congested inner city sites, with offsite manufacture plus just in time delivery really coming into its own in this busy shopping and commercial area. Portal Frames Design – Part 3 Just north of London in High Wycombe a new gateway development to the town is M Connections and Detailing providing retail, commercial and leisure facilities. Steel’s future proofing benefits mean that 24-Mar-15, Webinar a mezzanine floor can be added to the centrepiece supermarket if required in the future. Further north, regeneration of the former car manufacturing site at Longbridge has steel Connection Design at its heart, with a new major Marks & Spencer store under way. 26-Mar-15, Bristol Heading west out of London we find the centrepiece of Slough’s town centre regeneration is a uniquely shaped steel framed library and cultural centre – our cover story this month - made possible by steel’s ability to be easily curved. The project also shows a Light Gauge Steel Design construction team taking advantage of a BIM approach to design and construction, which 21-Apr-15, Dublin the steel sector is well placed to participate in. Further west in Bristol a church and community facility is providing a 550 seat auditorium, a complex project on a tight site made straightforward by using steel. Steel Building Design to EC3 The sustainability benefits of steel are numerous and a continuous programme of work 28-Apr-15, Bristol by the sector aims to keep steel the natural sustainability choice for building frames and bridges. One of the current areas of activity written about in NSC this month is establishing the embodied carbon footprint of the fabrication activities of steelwork contractors, which EC4 Composite Design the Steel Construction Institute has investigated on behalf of the BCSA. 05-May-15, London Stories like these now available every week, on NSC’s Weekly News email alert. This is a new service that aims to bring you up to date steel sector news. Your monthly NSC will however still carry the main news stories, in more depth and with more analysis. 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