Metsec Builds on BIM The design of a striking and complex multi-storey mixed-use building at the One Smithfield Square regeneration project in the heart of Manchester required a distinct blend of technical, design and manufacturing expertise to deliver a value-engineered steel framing solution. Cold rolled steel specialist Metsec responded to the design challenge, using building … Read more

Metframe Makes Steel Ideal for Student Accommodation The complex design of a new 500-room student accommodation building in the centre of Exeter dictated a very tight footprint. Cold rolled steel specialist, Metsec, offered the ideal solution with its Metframe System for The Printworks. This enabled the flexible delivery of a pre-fabricated system according to the … Read more

Metframe Helps Drive Sustainable Housing Development in Wales The environmental credentials of Metsec’s Metframe system played a key role in the Mariners Quay,  development in Newport, Wales achieving Code for Sustainable Homes Level 5. Newport’s Mariners Quay is Wales’ largest sustainable new housing development. In total about 1,500 new properties will be built in the … Read more

A £13 million project to redevelop a former department store has employed the lightweight framing properties of Metsec’s SFS steel framing system to great effect. Project: The Drapery, Seven Sisters Road, London Category: Residential Products: SFS Scale: £13 million luxury residential development Contractor: AC Union Construction Architect: Spacelab/Makespace Installer: Robert E Lee Engineer: Mason Navarro … Read more

Project: Battersea Cattery Category: Commercial Products: SFS lightweight steel framing Scale: £5 million project creating state-of-the-art accommodation for homeless cats Architect: Charles Knowles Design Contractor: John Sisk Installer: H A Marks Metsec SFS has been used to provide the infill walling for a stunning extension to Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. The four-storey, concrete framed … Read more