Viewpoint: What's trust got to do with it?

Ron Watermeyer introduces the most common types of specification structural engineers are likely to encounter on a project and explains the important role they play in ensuring a building meets its objectives.

This month's letters include a discussion from the IStructE Community on steel general arrangement drawings and the factor of safety dilemma.

A reflection from Flint & Neill's Chief Operating Officer, Ian Firth, on the perception of quality in structural engineering design and construction.