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The Structural Engineer, Volume 73, Issue 8, 1995
It is the Association of Specialist Underpinning Contractors’ (ASUC) objective to introduce quality standards, standards of health and safety, and codes of conduct for the industry. This article is intended as a practical guide to achieving good standards of underpinning and will assist supervising officers and contractors alike. P. Kiss
Some of the issues now facing the professions as a result of the Engineering Council’s recently published ‘Competence and Commitment’ report are reviewed in this commentary commissioned by The Structural Engineer.
The mutually beneficial effects of combining steel and concrete in the same structural member and system are commonly utilised to advantage in design under primary (static) loads. For earthquake loading, different problems have to be addressed, as greater damping may be offset by increased mass and stiffness, leading to higher seismic loads. However, since composite construction is used extensively, especially for highrise construction, the seismic performance of this form of construction requires investigation and the development of specific design guidance. Over the past 9 years, extensive analytical and experimental studies have been undertaken at Imperial College, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science. These studies confirmed that, with minimum design and detailing alterations, composite structures offer a most economical and reliable design alternative to steel and reinforced concrete structures. Professor A.S. Elnashai, B.M. Broderick and Professor P.J. Dowling