Managing safety-critical elements: more rigour, less risk when inspecting work on site

Gareth Wake explains how BS 8500:2023 will increase the cementitious options available to producers looking to reduce the embodied carbon of concrete.

This month we present a report about the collapse of a school hall roof, which resulted from the failure of one of a number of unusual hybrid concrete-and-steel strand trusses.

Andy Pye introduces a new mini-series of articles by examining what is meant by monitoring and supervision and why these functions play a valuable role on site.