Verulam (readers' letters – August 2025)

Tim Ibell and James Norman encourage structural engineers to consider the human impact of the carbon emissions arising from the buildings they design, as climate-change-related mortality increases.

From 'topping up' buildings with lightweight extensions to pushing the case for education in timber design, Kelly Harrison wants wood to be a mainstream structural material. Helena Russell reports.

Associate Editor, Mario D'Aniello, has selected a paper on the dynamic behaviour of suspension bridges during erection as the Featured Article for Volume 75 of Structures .