Verulam (readers' letters – November/December 2025)

As the UK awaits a new National Annex to the second-generation EN 1991-1-3, Alastair Hughes and Stewart Macartney make a case for considering some important changes to the way snow is treated and argue for user-friendly, zoomable snow maps allowing local conditions to be factored into designs.

The Institution's Library Manager, Laura Cooper, explains how this membership benefit is expected to change in early 2026 and what members need to do to continue to borrow titles.

Associate Editor, Chiara Bedon, has chosen a paper evaluating a space-saving seismic damper through performance tests, numerical simulation and finite element analysis as the Featured Article for Volume 78 of Structures .