Light Steel Frame News

BR Hodgson Framing, an approved accredited installer of Metframe, voestalpine Metsec's structural loadbearing building system, have secured a contract to provide a number of apartments for a development in Bristol for clients Legal &...

LGSF are specialist providers of light steel frame solutions and work with a range of clients to provide the latest in quality panelised and volumetric building design. LGSF has been providing solutions in steel for over 30 years....

The plant rooms for a large-scale build-to-rent development in Birmingham have been completed by Datum Group using a light steel frame solution. The plant rooms have been installed on the roof of the Sherlock Yard development, which is set to...

United Living Group has chosen to utilise light steel frame for a housing and commercial development in Manchester. The development in Manchester's Northern Quarter, known as 1NQ, is a £75 million build to rent scheme that will be delivered...

A brand new six-storey apartment block at the Abbey Wall development in Merton, London, has been constructed over a third faster than traditional methods thanks to a light steel frame system. Constructed in just 25 weeks by...

TGM Contractors Ltd has secured the contract to construct two new SEND schools in Chelmsford, both using light steel framing systems in their construction. The two schools, named the Hawthorns School and the Sir Geoff Hurst School, will also...

Frameclad will be launching its Lightweight Engineered Adjustable Frame (LEAF) system at OFFSITE EXPO – what's involved and how will it change the face of light steel frame design?. LEAF is an adaptable solution developed...

With cost concerns ever present across the construction sector, Chair of the Light Steel Frame Association (LSFA) Ben Towe, underlines the economic gains of using light steel frame. Everyone knows that construction is a...

As the contenders in the Offsite Awards were revealed, the team at Frameclad punched the air with pride as no less than three of the light steel frame specialist's entries were shortlisted. Joint Managing Director Nik Teagle said of the...

The judging is complete and the finalists for the Best Use of Steel Technology category at the OFFSITE AWARDS have been announced. With an incredible mix of projects in the running – here is a glimpse of what's in with a chance of picking up...

Offsite Expo will be held at the Coventry Building Society Arena from 17–18 September to showcase international best practice in the sector. Playing host to home grown and international offsite manufacturers, component suppliers and...

A large-scale urban renewal project will utilise light gauge steel in its construction of nearly 250 dwellings. voestalpine Metsec has been appointed by Panacea Building Systems Limited to design and supply the...

British Offsite is set to deliver an offsite constructed facade for a 91-unit residential project on Church Elm Lane Dagenham. London-based Major Housing Association has pledged £1million for panels with which to build a block of flats...

Offsite Construction Week has partnered up with light steel frame specialists Hadley Group, who are hosting a site study tour for architects, contractors, developers, and clients on 19th...