Design Practice, Risk and Structural Safety Committee

This article summarises guidance developed by Hampshire County Council for the assessment of roofs in order to install photovoltaic panels.

This article introduces the idea of a ‘carbon payback period’ as a metric for assessing the net carbon emissions of design decisions whose scope spans both the embodied and operational carbon.

Simple design calculations for basic steel and concrete elements for buildings within the scope of BS EN 1998.

fibUK brings together experts to explore bringing design to reality, using case studies of modular bridge substructures and reinforced concrete structures.

Eleana Savvidi laments the resistance that engineers can face when proposing lower-carbon solutions, but urges members to stand firm against misguided pushback.

Arup has conducted a review of European manufacturers’ CLT and glulam Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). The review demonstrates that the currently adopted industry average carbon factors for CLT and glulam have reduced when compared with factors from the Inventory of Carbon and Energy database (ICE database).

Lessons learned from the collapse of a new footbridge over a live highway during construction, resulting in a tragic loss of life.

The checklist is intended for graduate engineers or those with little experience of envelopes.

Tanya de Hoog talks to us about some of the people and experiences that have shaped her career. She shares her thoughts on bias and inclusivity within our profession.

This course covers the design of common structural elements to Eurocode 2. Participants will be introduced to concrete material properties and learn about designing for durability and fire.

This one-day, online advanced practical workshop will teach complex timber engineering through worked examples. It encourages problem-solving through teaching tools and group discussion.

This one-day, online course offers an introduction to timber design to Eurocode 5.

This two-day, in-person course provides participants with an understanding of the basic principles of temporary works design.

This two-day course is an essential introduction to the conceptual design process for bridges. It covers two key areas: selecting a structural form to suit the constraints of a site and arranging materials and components to meet the demands of the structure in an elegant and logical way.

The course introduces a number of drawing techniques and systems. It will increase your confidence in your sketching abilities. The course takes place as a series of two-hour interactive sessions over four weeks supported by independent study.

This course establishes good practice in the design of reinforced concrete structures. Through practical exercises, it will cover concept, design, flat slabs and finite element analysis.

This half-day online course provides a theoretical framework for rapid problem-solving concept calculations.

This two-day course shows engineers how to arrive at a qualitative solution to both create a structure and check computational results.