All the articles from the March 2023 issue of The Structural Engineer.
Publish Date – 1 March 2023
Martin Powell bids farewell to IStructE members as he prepares to step down as Chief Executive, with the Institution well placed to face the opportunities and challenges of the future.
Cian Farrell, winner of the IStructE's Excellence in Structural Engineering Education Award in 2022, presents a virtual education approach that connected students with industry during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Robin Jones previews the guidance on reuse of structural steelwork that forms part of the Institution’s forthcoming publication, Circular economy and reuse: guidance for designers.
This month's CROSS Report concerns the modelling of steel frame joints when using computer programs.
This article focuses on a circular economy tool, Regenerate, developed by the University of Sheffield, which can support the assessment of new and existing buildings.
Thomas Howarth explores how the structural steelwork of City Place House is being reclaimed for use in new projects in London.
Robert Mills explains how the Holbein Gardens refurbishment project in London has minimised embodied carbon by reclaiming steel for reuse from the original structure.
Interest in reclaimed structural steel for construction is taking off in a big way. Helena Russell speaks to Roy Fishwick of Cleveland Steel & Tubes to find out why, and what engineers need to think about when using it.
Ahead of the release of IStructE's upcoming Car park design guidance, Chris Whapples explores the challenge of accommodating bigger and heavier electric vehicles in both new and existing car parks.
This month's letters cover the subjects of membership fees, upside down drawings and acting together to tackle the climate emergency.
A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.
This month's Featured Article, selected by Associate Editor John Orr, proposes a new strategy to transfer a pendulum model to numerical using finite element software.