Nominal q-values for roofs: is it time to talk them down, up or both?

Author: Alastair Hughes

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3 October 2022

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Nominal q-values for roofs: is it time to talk them down, up or both?

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Alastair Hughes
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3 October 2022
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Alastair Hughes

Date published

3 October 2022

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Alastair Hughes

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Alastair Hughes argues for a number of changes in the way roof loading is dealt with in the UK National Annex to EN 1991, including a reduction in nominal roof loading q.

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The Institution of Structural Engineers

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Roof Opinion Issue 10

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