Issue 9

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The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (September 2026)

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

Publish Date – 1 September 2026

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Three Rs for engineering education: robustness, resilience and regenerative design

This article by Michael Ramage, Darshil Shah and John Orr sets out what organising a curriculum around the three Rs of robustness, resilience and regenerative design requires in practice.

Publish Date – 1 September 2026

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Roundtable: Defining resilience and risk in the built environment

Mike Bryans of the IStructE summarises the discussions from a recent event held as part of London Climate Action Week, highlighting the increasing need for designers to consider multi-hazard scenarios and for climate action to purse adaptation policies as well as mitigation.

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How a changing climate could alter your ground risk profile

Drier summers, wetter winters and higher-intensity storms will all impact in the ground risk that structural engineers must consider on a project, explain Rebecca Fagan-Spence and Alexander Lee.

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CROSS Safety Report: Potential misapplication of shear enhancement in crane base design guidance

This month's report raises concerns that a worked example in published guidance on crane base design applies shear enhancement in circumstances where it might not be appropriate.

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Industry CPD: Carbon-captured cement

This CPD module, sponsored by Heidelberg Materials, explains how carbon capture and storage is applied to cement production to provide near-zero cement solutions.

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Interrogation of punching shear stress using finite element analysis

This article compares punching shear design as set out in EC2(23) with results obtained directly from a finite element analysis and considers the issues that may be faced by the engineer in the design office in carrying out such work.

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Profile: Elisabeth Marlow

What role can engineers play in the push towards resilient sustainability? Dr Elisabeth Marlow shares her thoughts with Helena Russell.

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Verulam (readers' letters – September 2026)

This month's letters discuss the status of structural engineers and confidence in inherited bridge assessments.

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Diary dates (September 2026)

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

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Spotlight on Structures (September 2026)

Associate Editor, Yao Chen, has chosen a paper investigating high-speed maglev vehicle-bridge coupling vibration using hybrid simulations as the Featured Article for Volume 88 of Structures.

Publish Date – 1 September 2026

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The Drawing Board (September 2026)

This month, Ron Slade has selected a sketch by Jordan Williams as the winner of The Drawing Board.

Publish Date – 1 September 2026

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