The purpose of the AGOTS is to support the Engineering Leadership Group (ELG), through the Design Practice Risk and Structural Safety Committee (DPC) with strategic guidance on issues relating to demountable structures that affect the Institution’s members and the wider built environment. AGOTS contains the following members:
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A technical meeting exploring the design and delivery of the world’s first post tensioned bronze dinosaur. The talk will outline the project’s journey from concept to completion, highlighting key engineering challenges and the innovative solutions adopted.
This two-day course provides participants with an understanding of the basic principles of temporary works design.
This talk examines the structural design and seismic resilience of the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) building, highlighting its exposed-concrete system, triple pendulum isolation, and construction challenges associated with a continuous, joint-free structure.
This joint technical meeting by Midlands Counties, Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics (SECED) and Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) exploring earthquake resilience through humanitarian recovery in the Philippines, and cutting-edge seismic hazard research in India.
Lithic Chords is a post-tensioned stone sculpture that was exhibited at the 19th Architecture Biennale in Venice in 2025. Francesco Banchini describes how the project came together for the exhibition.
Guidance for structural engineers responding to dangerous structures.
This lecture described the unique design approach to the line-wide architectural components package on the Elizabeth Line and considered how this might benefit infrastructure projects in future.
Hear about construction site essentials: The role of temporary works in the 13th–19th centuries.