Re-Admissions

In 1943, recommendations were made by the Brabazon Committee that, as soon as practicable, work should be put in hand with all speed on the prototype of the largest land plane envisaged up to that date. Brian H. Colquhoun

This month's letters discuss foundations in shrinkable ground and highlight a survey on structural optimisation in practice.

Shalini Jagnarine-Azan describes how the impact of a heating planet is already being felt by islands in the Caribbean, and discusses the challenges of trying to build back more resiliently following a disaster.