Profile: Werner Sobek

This month's letters include discussion on building control compliance forms, structural engineering ethics and more.

James Norman is excited about the future of structural design, believing that engineers will be freed up to explore new materials and pursue regenerative strategies by increased automation. As his latest book is published, he talks engineering, education and ethics with Helena Russell.

Within the next five years, structural steel designers will be making greater use of advanced design methods and 3D printing to achieve more efficient structures and reduce embodied carbon, believes Leroy Gardner. Helena Russell finds out more.