All the articles from the March 2025 issue of The Structural Engineer.
Publish Date – 3 March 2025
Donald Friedman charts the development of skyscrapers in the USA from 1870 onwards in this article based on his 2024 James Sutherland History Lecture.
Despite the world missing its global heating targets, and ever more extreme weather events occurring, Will Arnold sees reasons to be optimistic and urges structural engineers to be bold in their climate action.
This month's report discusses an alarming situation regarding a temporary demountable structure including concerns about the quality and accuracy of the design calculations.
The Institution of Structural Engineers summarises its proposed response to the Phase 2 report of the Grenfell Inquiry, following a government request for professional bodies to act on the report's recommendations.
This article by Fragkoulis Kanavaris and Bruce Martin briefly describes three embodied carbon classification tools available to engineers in the UK and illustrates how they may be applied in the industry.
Alison Wallis and Mike Davies outline how a derelict 1970s concrete-framed building was repurposed in Stratford, east London.
A previous Conservation compendium article, 'Part 7: Imposed load in historic buildings: assessing what is real', looked at assessing realistic live loads in historic buildings. This article considers the philosophy of factors of safety and how they should or should not be applied to older structures.
This month's letters discuss protected titles, designing by hand and steelwork design responsibilities.
A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.
Lei Wang, Associate Editor, has chosen a paper studying the bearing capacity of steel tubes reinforced with high-ductility concrete as the Featured Article for Volume 68 of Structures.