Tag: steel
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Steel goes back to school with Quakers
During the fabrication stage, a competition for technology students was held at main contractor Fabrite’s factory. Pupils were invited to design a perforation for the canopy backdrop, with the winning design, featuring five children holding hands, used in the finished structure. View the original article and our Inspiration here
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Steel serves an indoor winner
Topped with an undulating roof, inspired by the shape of wooden tennis rackets, the Indoor Tennis Centre is the latest addition to The All England Lawn Tennis Club’s facilities. The roof design high points over the centre of the nets to account for lobs. Image: SSDA Located across the road from the main All England…
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Structural Steel Design Awards 2025: Merit projects and finalists
Three structural steel projects received merits at the SSDA 2025 and another six were finalists. The upper floors accommodate offices, IT laboratories, dark rooms, simulator suites, clean rooms, wind tunnels and robotics workshops, while the ground level houses workshops, with an internal crane and a strong floor, capable of withstanding large forces. View the original…
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Structural Steel Design Awards 2025: Commended projects
Six structural steel projects received commendations at this year’s awards. Originally opened in 2000, the third phase of construction at ExCeL London has extended the facility by a further 215m (the building is now 820m-long), delivering an additional 40,000m2, which includes 12,000m2 of ground floor exhibition space and 9,500m2 of conferencing accommodation on the uppermost…
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Structural Steel Design Awards 2025: Commended projects
Six structural steel projects received commendations at this year’s awards. Originally opened in 2000, the third phase of construction at ExCeL London has extended the facility by a further 215m (the building is now 820m-long), delivering an additional 40,000m2, which includes 12,000m2 of ground floor exhibition space and 9,500m2 of conferencing accommodation on the uppermost…
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Extreme Steel Releases White Paper on Vertical Integration
Extreme Steel Inc. (ESI), a leader in the structural steel industry, is proud to announce the release of a new white paper, Vertical Integration for Better Construction: Opportunities to Deliver Seamless Structural Steel Solutions. Authored by Robert Pelham, president and CEO, ESI, the report details how vertical integration is solving industry-wide inefficiencies by bringing detailing, fabrication, logistics…
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US Steel approves $300M in factory investments, JD Fields expands to Maryland
Manufacturing and its role in the United States is top of mind for companies as they look to strengthen their supply chains and operations while navigating the Trump administration’s business and trade policies, key among them tariffs. Companies have poured billions of dollars into fortifying their U.S. footprint or securing deals with partners that have…
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US Steel approves $300M in factory investments, JD Fields expands to Maryland
Manufacturing and its role in the United States is top of mind for companies as they look to strengthen their supply chains and operations while navigating the Trump administration’s business and trade policies, key among them tariffs. Companies have poured billions of dollars into fortifying their U.S. footprint or securing deals with partners that have…
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Shop Materials 101: Coatings, Heat and Tools for Steel Work
Steel doesn’t hide your mistakes. If a cutter rubs, the sound turns shrill. If you linger on a thin edge, straw colors creep in and tell you exactly how hot you got. If chips string instead of break, you’ll chase burrs through the entire job. The good news is that clean steel work isn’t mystical.…
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EU tariff deal includes lumber, steel and copper
The United States and the European Union formalized the terms of the framework trade agreement the two trading partners announced at the end of July, per a joint statement published by the White House Thursday. The statement provides additional clarity and detail surrounding the terms U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von…