Author: Bailey, C G;Moore, D B
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Bailey, C G;Moore, D B
The Structural Engineer, Volume 78, Issue 11, 2000
Remuneration, Image and What to do About Them Gordon Millington has written from N. Ireland: Is it any wonder that some of us are not held in high regard by the general public? Just look at some of the photographs used in the details of candidates for election to council. First impressions are important. Advice to the young engineer: dress as you would expect to see the most senior members of your profession and as well as the professions that enjoy a good public image.
A companion paper gives details of a new method for the design of steel framed structures, with composite floorslabs, subject to fire. This method is based on the fire tests carried out on the full-scale steel framed building at Cardington. Observations from these tests confirmed the general view that the performance of composite flooring systems is under-utilised in current design procedures for the fire limit state. This is due to the development of in-plane forces in the floorslab at large displacements, which enhance the slab’s loadcarrying capacity. C.G. Bailey and D.B. Moore
Not the most glamorous of subjects - no teflon-coated fabric, wires and FE analysis here, but it is more than likely that, during the course of their career, most structural engineers will be responsible for a concrete ground slab for a warehouse, distribution facility, retail store or similar. Frank Neil