CROSS Safety Report: Unsafe design of retrofit cantilever balconies

This article aims to identify gaps in Eurocode and IStructE guidance, and make recommendations on additional considerations that engineers should take into account when designing or assessing cantilever structures.

Griffiths & Armour Professional Risks Director, Graeme Tinney, looks at some of the considerations for anyone purchasing professional indemnity insurance and the challenges they are likely to face.

Chris Whapples, parking and structural consultant at Stripe Consulting and one of the guide's authors, explains more about the new book and why a complete overhaul is so important and timely.