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

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.

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

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