MARCH 2005 VOL13 NO3 NEW STEEL CONSTRUCTION www.new-steel-construction.com Steel car parks just the ticket Warm Wellcome for corporate HQ Cardington fire test results 2 NSC March 2005 CONTENTS MARCH 2005 VOL13 NO3 NEW STEEL CONSTRUCTION www.new-steel-construction.com Cover Image CROYDON CENTRALE CAR RAMPS Structural Engineer: Waterman Partnership Steelwork Contractor: Severfield-Rowen plc 5 Editor’s comment EDITOR Nick Barrett Tel: 01323 422483 6 News: Corus announces major investment at Scunthorpe
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