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Construction

Buildings
Case
Office building Moor Place case study
Steel was chosen for the framing material because the construction time was shorter than if the frame was made of reinforced concrete.
Buildings
Technical Paper
Stainless steels as building exterior materials
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Buildings
Technical Paper
Development and prospect of applications of niobium microalloyed steels to building structures in China
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Buildings
Technical Paper
High-rise design and the use of high strength steel
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Infrastructure

Stadium
Technical Paper
Application of high strength niobium grain-refined steels to a re-design of the Singapore National Stadium Roof
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Bridge
Case
Zandhazen railway bridge case study
Spanning 255 m, the Zandhazen railway bridge is the longest railway arch bridge in Europe. It carries two railway tracks over the A1 motorway in Muiderberg, east of Amsterdam, and has a width of about 17 m and height of 55 m. The bridge was opened in August 2016.
Lean design
Case
STIGA Sports Arena Eskilstuna
Key aspects of the design of the arena included flexibility of the space, acoustics, energy efficiency and sustainability criteria.
Weldability
Technical Paper
The weldability of modern niobium microalloyed structural steels
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