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Unilever House, London
Main client: Unilever
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Steelwork contractor: William Hare Ltd
Structural Engineer: Arup


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Jul 2008 Vol 16 No 7

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°Awards show steel on firm footing
°Diary
°News in Brief
 

Structural Steel Design Awards

°Award - National Tennis Centre, Roehampton
Comprising six indoor and 16 outdoor tennis courts, the National Tennis Centre provides a world class facility for players and coaches
°Award - Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport
Terminal 5 will handle approximately 30 million passengers per annum and makes a significant statement on the world travel scene
°Award - The O2 Arena, North Greenwich
Situated inside the original Millenium Dome, The O2 Arena has been designed to be the most technically and acoustically advanced concert arena in Europe
°Award - Unilever House, London
A new eight-storey steel framed headquarters was constructed for Unilever within a retained Grade 2 listed façade built in 1931
°Awards
°Certificate of Merit - Constructionarium Mini-Gherkin, Norfolk
A miniature version of London's Swiss Re building is a unique structure and recreates the atmosphere of working on a real construction project
°Certificate of Merit - East Beach Café, Littlehampton
An exposed seaside location dictated the choice of materials for an innovative single storey structure in Littlehampton
°Certificate of Merit - The Singing Ringing Tree, Burnley
Topping a hill in Lancashire, Singing Ringing Tree is a musical sculpture and part of a project exploring the role of art in regeneration
°Certificate of Merit - Transfer Structure, 55 Baker Street, London
This slim, elegant and angular steel structure replaces 12 original reinforced concrete columns and presents a stunning backdrop in the reception area of this refurbished building
°Commendation - 14 Cornhill, London
The former London headquarters of Lloyds Bank has undergone a complete redevelopment with the retention of the original façade and a new steel framed structure structed constructed within
°Commendation - Belfast Campus, University of Ulster
The extension to the Belfast Campus was conceived as a landmark structure and has made a significant contribution to the regeneration of the City's Cathedral Quarter
°Commendation - Bourbon Lane Housing, London
A landmark Anglo-French affordable housing scheme, Bourbon Lane's steelwork design has heralded a radical change for housing in the UK
°Commendation - Killanin Stand, Galway Racecourse
Galway Racecourse plays host to one of Ireland's most popular sporting events and a new grandstand was constructed to keep pace with a year-on-year attendance growth
°Commendation - Steel Wing, St Marylebone CE School
A steel solution was the only answer for one wing and the basement access of a new arts building extension to a central London school
°Commendation - The Sidings Bridge, Swansea
The Sidings Bridge is an iconic structure which carries a single lane carriageway, a cycleway and a pedestrian route over the A483 providing a dedicated bus route from a park and ride facility to the city centre
°Commendation - The Worrell, Weekes and Walcott Standard, Kensington Oval, Barbados
The design of this stand has helped transform the surrounding area of Bridgetown and was instrumental in successfully securing the 2007 Cricket World Cup final
°Structural Steel Design Awards 2008
Steel Wing, St Marylebone CE School
°The Judges
 

SIGNS

°SIGNS SN27 - Fracture Toughness
 

Features

°Combined axial load and bending
In the latest article on design of steel to the Eurocodes, David Brown, Deputy Director of SCI explains how combined axial load and bending are covered. Despite first impressions, the calculation of the important k factors are not as daunting as may be thought - and design aids are available
 

News

°Agreement reached on working time directive
°Around the Press
°BRE updates environmental guide
°Corefast delivers quicker cores
°Member states approve CE Marking standard
°River Cam gets first crossing since 1971
°SCI Members' Event
°Steel outlook stays bright
°Structural Steel Design Awards 2008
°Students show future promise
 

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