Strategy Study into The Changing Role of Structural Engineers in Society

This study has been set up in response to the transformation in the industry that has occurred since Egan and the Rethinking Construction agenda. The knowledge economy, requirements for social accountability and the growing importance of sustainability will ensure that the process of change will continue and probably accelerate.

To survive and prosper, the industry must seek to engineer a soft landing and establish a strong, competitive and socially valued position, against the turbulent forces of new working practices, new routes to procurement, new demands on performance, new technological innovation and new political and economic agendas which place a premium on ethical business practices and more from less.

Details of the study are given in The Structural Engineer (2 December 2003, Vol 81, No.22, pages 32-34).

The final recommendations are listed in The Structural Engineer (5 October 2004, Vol 82, No.19, pages 27-30).

Members can view the final report in full within 'My Area' of the website under 'Member Reports'.

This 12 month study, now completed, has been sponsored by IStructE through the Research Fund.

For further information contact Berenice Chan.