Could sustainability be advanced through simplification of codes of practice?

Muiris Moynihan takes structural engineers through a series of actions they could take to lower the embodied carbon of projects to a SCORS A rating.

This month's letters discuss the assessment of roofs for solar panels, computer modelling of structures, and carbon savings.

The key value of this book is in reminding readers of the non-technical qualities, such as cultural sensitivity and communication skills, that seismic safety advocates must embody, concludes Damian Grant.