Main contact:
8 Dale Street
Nottingham
NG2 4JX
+44 (0) 115 9419766
Steel frame housing companies, UK:
Ayrframe (Ayrshire Steel Framing)
Housing:
The House Builders' Federation
Housing Forum - Innovation in House Building
Construction innovation:
Building Research Establishment
Academic:
Dr Tom Hughes research profile
Architectural Design Global Difference research group
Nottingham Trent University Centre for Residential Development
Robert Gordon University: Perceptions of prefabricated housing
Steel organisations and related companies:
International Iron and Steel Institute
Swedish Institute of Steel Construction (SBI)
The Steel Construction Institute
Tata Steel Construction Centre
Permarock (external wall insulation)
BRE publications on steel framed and clad house types
Each entry lists report number and then house type. The reports
are available from the BRE bookshop
" BR77 BISF British Iron Steel Federation House
" BR78 The Howard steel-framed houses
" BR110 Dorlonco steel-framed houses
" BR111 Thorncliffe cast-iron panel houses
" BR113 Steel-framed and steel-clad houses: inspection and
assessment
" BR119 Roften steel-framed houses
" BR120 Dennis-Wild steel-framed houses
" BR132 Cussins steel-framed houses
" BR133 Livett-Cartwright steel-framed houses
" BR139 Cruden Rural steel-framed houses
" BR144 Falkiner-Nuttall steel-framed houses
" BR145 Crane steel-framed bungalows
" BR146 Trusteel MkII steel-framed houses
" BR147 Trusteel 3M steel-framed houses
" BR148 Atholl steel-framed, steel-clad houses
" BR149 Dorlonco steel-framed houses (Supplement to BR110)
" BR152 Hawthorn Leslie steel-framed houses
" BR163 Nissen-Petren SFH
" BR188 Lowton-Cubitt Steel-framed houses
" BR189 Telford steel-clad houses
" BR193 Cranwell steel-framed houses
" BR196 Birmingham corporation SFH
" BR197 Hills Presweld steel-framed houses
" BR198 Arcal steel-framed houses
" BR199 Homeville Industrialised steel-framed houses
" BR200 5M steel-framed houses
" BR201 Arrowhead SFH
" BR202 British housing SFH
" BR203 Keyhouse unibuilt SFH
" BR204 Open System Building steel-framed houses
" BR205 Steane SFH
" BR217 Cowieson Steel-clad Houses
" BR218 Weir steel-clad (1920s) houses
" BR219 Stuart steel-framed houses
" BR221 Riley steel-framed houses
" BR222 Coventry Corporation steel-framed houses
SCI publications on light steel framing
These books and reports are available from the SCI bookshop
" R M Lawson (Ed) "Better Value in Steel: Light Steel Framing in
Renovation" 2001
" M T Gorgolewski, P J Grubb & R M Lawson "Building design
using cold formed steel sections: Light steel framing in residential
construction" 2001
" M Hillier, R M Lawson and M Gorgolewski "Over-roofing of
existing buildings using light steel" 1998
" M.T. Gorgolewski G.H. Couchman "Acoustic Performance of
Light Steel Framed Systems: Meeting the new requirements of
Part E of the Building Regulations (2003)" 2003
" R M Lawson "Over-cladding of existing buildings using light
steel" 1998
" A L Rogan and R M Lawson "Building design using cold formed
steel sections: Value and benefit assessment of light steel framing
in housing" 1998
" R M Lawson, P J Grubb, J Prewer & P J Trebilcock "Modular
construction using light steel framing: An architects guide" 1999
" M T Gorgolewski, P J Grubb & R M Lawson "Modular
construction using light steel framing: Residential buildings" 2001
" SCI "Case studies on light steel framing - A" 1997
" SCI "Case studies in light steel framing - B" 2000
" SCI "Energy Efficient Housing Using Light Steel Framing. How to
meet proposed new requirements of Part L of the Building
Regulations." 2002
" S O Popo-Ola, A R Biddle, R M Lawson "Durability of light steel
framing in residential building" 2000
" SCI "Demonstration of SureBuild framing at Oxford Brookes
University" 1997