Issue 3

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The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (March 2025)

All the articles from the March 2025 issue of The Structural Engineer.

Publish Date – 3 March 2025

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New York's skyscrapers: tracing origins and technological evolution

Donald Friedman charts the development of skyscrapers in the USA from 1870 onwards in this article based on his 2024 James Sutherland History Lecture. 

Publish Date – 3 March 2025

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We've broken the climate: now what?

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.

Publish Date – 3 March 2025

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CROSS Safety Report: Temporary festival stage – an extreme example of bad practice

This month's report discusses an alarming situation regarding a temporary demountable structure including concerns about the quality and accuracy of the design calculations.

Publish Date – 3 March 2025

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Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report: an update on the Institution's response

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.

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Classifying the embodied carbon of concrete: a guide to three recent tools

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.

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Mary Ward Centre, London: Risk management of a heavy retrofit and vertical extension

Alison Wallis and Mike Davies outline how a derelict 1970s concrete-framed building was repurposed in Stratford, east London. 

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Conservation compendium. Part 21: The factor of safety dilemma

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.

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Verulam (readers' letters – March 2025)

This month's letters discuss protected titles, designing by hand and steelwork design responsibilities.

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Diary dates (March 2025)

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

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Spotlight on Structures (March 2025)

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.

Publish Date – 3 March 2025

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