Issue 6

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Complete issue (June 2024)

All the articles from the June 2024 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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View from the CEO: Connections and collaborations – reflections and forecasts

IStructE CEO, Yasmin Becker, reflects on 2024's milestones so far and what lies ahead.

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Reader survey: your views on The Structural Engineer

A summary of key findings from the latest The Structural Engineer reader survey. 

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Celebrating 'God’s own county': 100 years of the Yorkshire Regional Group

As the IStructE's Yorkshire Regional Group celebrates its centenary in 2024, this article looks back at its foundation and early years, as well as more recent activities which help this thriving committee to continue serving its members.

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Measuring carbon in structures – advice for small practices

Natasha Watson aims to demystify embodied carbon assessments for smaller structural engineering firms, considering why and when these are needed, as well as some practical actions to reduce carbon emissions when a full assessment is not performed.

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Material passports: an enabling solution for material use?

Anastasia Stella introduces the concept of material passports, explaining how they can lead to a better understanding of materials' provenance and facilitate a data-driven circular economy.

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Historical defects in buildings – No. 6: Regent Street disease

In this note, Hugh Docherty highlights the problem of corrosion of structural steelwork behind masonry elevations in buildings dating from the first half of the 1900s.

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CROSS Safety Report: Fire in roofs containing photovoltaic panels

This month we present a report concerning the monitoring of photovoltaic panels and lessons learned from current experience.

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Neighbourhood North: maximum gain, minimum pain – transformational office redevelopment

This article explores the project aims, challenges, solutions and lessons learned in redeveloping an existing 1980s quayside office block in southwest England.

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Profile: Brogan MacDonald

As head of sustainability across Ramboll's building structures division, Brogan MacDonald has made impressive progress in her short career so far. A year into the role, she talks to Helena Russell about how she got here, where she's going, and the importance of positive role models.

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Viewpoint: Reusing wood from demolition in mass timber products

Colin Rose and Phil Isaac explore the potential for making mass timber products out of wood recovered from demolition – the principle, recent research projects, and next steps for this ambition.

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Viewpoint: Women in engineering: are we really moving the needle?

Eleana Savvidi digs into the data to question how much progress towards gender parity the UK engineering sector has made in recent years.

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Book review: The Routledge handbook of embodied carbon in the built environment

This collection of 20 academic papers covering a wide range of case studies and countries will be of use to researchers delving into embodied carbon in the built environment, writes Will Arnold.

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Verulam (readers' letters – June 2024)

This month's letters cover codes for seismic design, as well as praise for articles published on covered timber bridges and reusing concrete.

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Spotlight on Structures (June 2024)

The Featured Article for Volume 61 of Structures is now available. Lei Wang, Associate Editor, has chosen an article on the shear behaviour of narrow joints in socket connections. This article is available to read free of charge.

Publish Date – 3 June 2024

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Diary dates (June 2024)

A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.

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