Sheffield steel forge £70m expansion approved

Sheffield Forgemasters has secured planning permission for the construction of a building to house the UK’s largest open-die forging press.
The major building forms part of an expansion programme that will see up to £400m invested in the site over ten years.
Vinci Building has bagged the early works contract and pre-construction services agreement for the 12,700 sq m structure that will sit adjacent to the existing forge building on Brightside Lane.This will house a new 13,000 tonne