Issue 3

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The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (March 2026)

All the articles from the March 2026 issue of The Structural Engineer.

Publish Date – 4 March 2026

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Advancing thrust-line masonry design using finite-element methods on Sagrada Família

This article – the winning entry to the IStructE Research into Practice case study competition in 2025 – describes research and development undertaken for design of the four facade towers for the Sagrada Família church in Barcelona.

Publish Date – 4 March 2026

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Business Practice Note No. 41: Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace: a guide for managers

The IStructE Business Practice and Regulatory Control Committee summarises new obligations for UK employers regarding the prevention of sexual harassment at work.

Publish Date – 4 March 2026

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Supporting members in times of need: how your legacy can shape the future of the Benevolent Fund

The IStructE Benevolent Fund offers support to members – and their dependants – when times are hard, but the ability to provide this assistance relies on the generosity of members, explains the Fund's Chair, James Parsons.

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CROSS at 20: Learning from the past, responding to the present, preparing for the future

In 2025, CROSS celebrated its 20th anniversary. Against this backdrop, CROSS-UK's Structural Safety and Fire Safety Expert Panels met to reflect on the past, present and future of the scheme.

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Recovering steel for reuse – a demolition contractor's view

This article provides a snapshot of some of the outputs developed in the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products' DISRUPT II project to recover more steel from demolitions.

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Structural repair techniques for the sustainable reuse of heritage masonry buildings

This article explores the engineering techniques used to stabilise and strengthen existing masonry.

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Retrofitting the Castle Meadow campus, Nottingham

Stuart McNash and Stephen Fernandez describe the project to retrofit the Castle Meadow buildings in Nottingham, turning them into a new city-centre campus for the University of Nottingham. 

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Viewpoint: Making purpose pay the bills

Phil Isaac and Sinéad Conneely discuss the challenges of building a practice with a strong ethical foundation while also balancing the books.

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Verulam (readers' letters – March 2026)

This month's letters include discussion on foundation design, protecting the profession and recent articles on artificial intelligence. 

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Diary dates (March 2026)

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

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Spotlight on Structures (March 2026)

Associate Editor, Ashraf Ashour, has chosen a paper on an investigation into the seismic performance of a novel cast-in-place system as the Featured Article for Volume 82 of Structures.

Publish Date – 4 March 2026

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