Cases Studies

City Gateway, London

Framing Success in Tower Hamlets Cold rolled steel specialist Metsec has lent its design expertise to Kier Construction London, for the conversion of former warehouse-style offices into the new City Gateway centre from London’s most deprived boroughs. The result is a new functional interior whose load-bearing steel frame system integrated smoothly with the existing structure. … Read more

One Smithfield Square, Manchester

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

The Printworks, Exeter

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

Mariners Quay, Old Town Docks, Newport

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

SFS Supports Library Development

Project: Whitley Bay Joint Services Centre Category: Public buildings Products: SFS lightweight steel framing Scale: £5.9m project to provide multi-purpose joint services centre in the heart of Whitley Bay Architect: Ryder Architecture Contractor: Robertson Construction Installer: Rowan Specialist Interiors Metsec SFS lightweight steel framing system has been used to create a multi-million pound library development … Read more

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