Steel-Enabled Flexibility in Singapore’s Central Business District 

Steel-Enabled Flexibility in Singapore’s Central Business District 

AfroAsia iMark is a 19-storey Grade-A office tower at 63 Robinson Road, Singapore, combining a reinforced concrete core with high-strength concrete-filled steel tubular columns to deliver open, efficient floor plates.Through prefabrication and hybrid structural design, steel enables construction efficiency, flexibility and long-term value in a dense urban environment.

Steel structures divert volcanic lava
How steel could protect people living near volcanoes

How steel could protect people living near volcanoes

Researchers at MIT are looking at how steel could help to protect people, wildlife and homes from the destructive forces of molten lava.

Calgary's riverbank
Calgary improves its flood defences with steel sheet pile

Calgary improves its flood defences with steel sheet pile

The Canadian city of Calgary is building a 2.4 km-long steel flood barrier to protect its infrastructure and population

Academics shake tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator

Academics shake tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator

Tallest cold-formed steel building tested on an earthquake simulator proves resilience and safety, paving the way for taller steel structures in seismic zones.

Steel prescribed to create striking cantilevered holistic setting for the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine

Steel prescribed to create striking cantilevered holistic setting for the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine

Scheduled to open for students in autumn 2025, Alice L. Walton School of Medicine will integrate conventional medicine with proven holistic practices and its building is designed to reflect this ethos with a hidden steel backbone.