Basements and Subterranean development: It's time for engineers to engage with duty of care and Party Wall matters

One of the Institution's oldest Regional Groups has its sights fixed firmly on the future...

This month's letters concern sign conventions, Eurocodes, decimal points and quality in design and construction.

This paper presents a simple theoretical model for large moment transfer for straight cylinders with grout connection between them. The study identified that urgent research is needed for analysing the behaviour of such connections that transmit large moments, in order to understand the size effects and fatigue effects.