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The Structural Engineer
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The Structural Engineer, Volume 68, Issue 25, 1990

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The paper starts with a look at the past, particularly from the end of the 18th Century, as a way of explaining the present position in engineering. In future, structures will be determined on energy costs, and the paper highlights the possible changes and the challenges.

Edmund Happold

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