All articles published in Issue 9 (May 2011) of The Structural Engineer.
Publish Date – 3 May 2011
MMU has invested £67M in a new Business School and Student Hub on the All Saints campus. According to the designers, the new building is at the 'forefront of innovative sustainable design' in the city. Ian Farmer reports.
Denis Camilleri of DHI Periti, Malta provides a follow-up to his previously published technical note (Volume 89, Issue 5), this time on the subject of calculating the rotational forces on bearing pads.
This paper explores how construction engineering can support sustainability by evaluating recycled materials, balancing energy and CO2 reduction with cost, performance, and regulatory compliance.
A briefing explaining how cementitious materials must be specified to minimise embodied carbon, using sustainable cement blends or combinations.
Professor James Brownjohn from the University of Sheffield reports on a new technological data gathering process that monitors the 'health' of structures in real time and provides warnings and alerts should the prognosis change.
This month's letters discuss structural engineers' status, architects, bridges and nuclear energy.