The Structural Engineer

This CPD module, sponsored by SCIA, introduces best-practice guidelines for load take-down (LTD) analysis – the determination of how vertical loads accumulate and travel down through a building to its foundations. It explains when a simple tributary-area approach is sufficient, when a full finite element approach is required, and how the dedicated LTD capability introduced in SCIA Engineer V2027 bridges the two.

This CPD module, sponsored by Heidelberg Materials, explains how carbon capture and storage is applied to cement production to provide near-zero cement solutions.

This CPD module, sponsored by Fatzer, aims to support readers to develop an understanding of the engineering behind critical cable structures.

This Technical Guidance Note provides a short overview of the IStructE's How to calculate embodied carbon (HTCEC) guide, and acts as a memo for some of the most important information within it, focusing on upfront carbon. HTCEC should be used to supplement this TGN when doing carbon calculations on projects.

The second article in this series takes a wider look at different foundation systems beneath steel moment frames, and the importance of understanding existing structural arrangements and structural performance of a building, as well as the local geology and environment.

Calcined clay has emerged as one of the most promising solutions to the challenge of finding a replacement to ground granulated blast-furnace slag and pulverised fuel ash or fly ash. This article examines its technical properties, environmental benefits, and practical implementation for structural engineers within current standards and practices.

A regulatory framework that supports innovation backed by demonstrable analysis and testing has enabled Canada to pioneer new approaches to timber design, explains Eric Karsh while also comparing the Canadian experience with approaches in other countries.

This month, Alastair Soane, Principal Consultant for CROSS, discusses the recently published report into this catastrophic collapse and considers the implications for building safety improvements.

This month's report raises concerns that a worked example in published guidance on crane base design applies shear enhancement in circumstances where it might not be appropriate.

This article by Michael Ramage, Darshil Shah and John Orr sets out what organising a curriculum around the three Rs of robustness, resilience and regenerative design requires in practice.

Winner of the Institution's annual Kenneth Severn Award, Rena Vogelzang, answers President Brian Uy's essay question on structural efficiency, embodied carbon and maintaining public safety.

This article by Malcolm Turpin considers the key categories of computers and software in structural engineering and their implications for the structural engineer.

This article describes the eventual solution for raising a property in Wiltshire and how the decision was reached.

This article provides an overview of the structural engineering design for Everton Football Club's new stadium.

This article describes the design and construction for the Lucie-Breard footbridge in Paris, France, explaining how a reused bridge deck was incorporated into the project.

This month's letters continue the discussion on the status of structural engineers and subsidence effects.

Nikki Stockbridge opens up on her experience of imposter syndrome while building a successful career in the structural engineering profession, describing how she has learned to see her doubts in a different light and keep pushing herself forwards.

The award of this year's IStructE Gold Medal to Tina Vejrum not only boosts the representation of women on the prestigious roll call, it also signals a nod to the specialist long-span bridges sector. Helena Russell finds out about her career so far.

A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.

This month, Ron Slade has selected a sketch by Jordan Williams as the winner of The Drawing Board.

Associate Editor, Yao Chen, has chosen a paper investigating high-speed maglev vehicle-bridge coupling vibration using hybrid simulations as the Featured Article for Volume 88 of Structures .