All articles published in Issue 1 (January 2011) of The Structural Engineer.
Publish Date – 4 January 2011
The Royal Shakespeare Theatre opens its doors after a £100M refurbishment and rebuilding project that has taken 5 1/2 years to come to fruition. Ian Farmer reports.
Extensive insulation proved to be a key ingredient in enabling Underhill House, the first certified Passive House in England, to achieve its certification. The project, which incorporated many innovations, was the subject of a UK TV programme.
Professor Abdy Kermani, Director of the Centre for Timber Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University, explains how the Centre's activities in support of the timber construction industry have gained national as well as international recognition.
This sustainability briefing prepared by the Institution of Structural Engineers' Sustainable Construction Panel discusses the reuse of structural components and material.
This month's letters concern the Party Wall Act, fire resistance, effective width of slabs and more.
This paper by Ron Watermeyer and Lam Pham proposes a performance framework within which the structural system of both new and existing buildings may be assessed.