Issue 3

All articles published in the March 2013 issue.

Winners of the Institution's 2012 Award for Excellence in Structural Engineering Education, authors from the University of Salford, Manchester, report on the results of a long term strategy to improve the student learning experience.

This article concerns individual competence for professional engineers and covers education, training and Continuing Professional Development.

Correct and unambiguous documentation is essential for maintaining structural safety and is relied upon by designers, suppliers, contractors and end users. CROSS has received reports about the quality of some imported products and the nature of the documentation that goes with them.

Andrew Briggs considers the impact that short periods of inefficient working can have on a design company’s profit margin.

This note describes how prestressed precast concrete planks are constructed, specified and installed.

This note focuses on the design of one-way-spanning concrete slabs to BS EN 1992-1-1 – Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings. 

The first in a new series of articles; written by Chartered structural engineers Milner Associates, on behalf of the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) providing technical information on the use of timber as a structural medium.

A comparative study of published information, with code predicted values, expressed in a simplified form suitable for practical application. Results show that current knowledge is sufficiently lacking for a reappraisal of current code provisions to be warranted.

Having made a number of visits to Haiti in a professional capacity, Grenville Phillips expresses his concern at the advice given to Haitians by structural engineers from outside the Caribbean region.

Topics of importance openly discussed...

Institution Past President, Roger Plank, acknowledges the value of this authoritative handbook by Ravi Jain et. al., to engineers globally, despite its focus on US practice and policy.