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The Structural Engineer, Volume 77, Issue 9, 1999
CO2 emissions Dr John Bellamy has also addressed this subject and writes Regarding CO2 emissions correspondence in Verulam 16 February 1999, I support Professor Bolton’s call for more timber to be used in construction. Growing trees removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but, at the end of their lives, the carbon dioxide returns to the atmosphere as the wood rots or is burnt. Using the timber in buildings postpones that time for a century or more. Structural engineers have a role to play in countering global warming.
Large buildings in urban areas are of complicated design. They are built on irregular sites containing old buildings which have to be demolished before construction can start. Planning and statutory requirements must be met. Nobody expects the management of one of these projects to be easy. Dr Malcolm Moncrieff
Glass remains an elusive material for many engineers, distrusted because it is brittle, underused because useful design data is so hard to find. This is especially vexatious because it is a material much sought after by architects. Chris Jofeh