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The Structural Engineer, Volume 76, Issue 19, 1998

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The National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield is due to open in Spring 1999. The
£80m project was the subject of a competition by the developers, Music Heritage Ltd in 1996, which was won by architects Branson Coates, structural engineers Buro Happold and contractor HBG construction.

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