A Simple, Consistent Approach to Structural Concrete

CO2 emissions Dr John Bellamy has also addressed this subject and writes Regarding CO2 emissions correspondence in Verulam 16 February 1999, I support Professor Bolton’s call for more timber to be used in construction. Growing trees removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere but, at the end of their lives, the carbon dioxide returns to the atmosphere as the wood rots or is burnt. Using the timber in buildings postpones that time for a century or more. Structural engineers have a role to play in countering global warming.

Braehead is a £170 million regional shopping and leisure centre, being built as the focus of a major regeneration project including major new road and public transport links on a 200 acre site along the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow. It includes a new riverside park which will stretch along the waterfront, linked to exhibitions at the Maritime Heritage Centre, a new national museum.

Large buildings in urban areas are of complicated design. They are built on irregular sites containing old buildings which have to be demolished before construction can start. Planning and statutory requirements must be met. Nobody expects the management of one of these projects to be easy. Dr Malcolm Moncrieff