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Issue 12

Browse the content of the December 2013 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Complete issue (December 2013)
All articles published in the December 2013 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Structure as reinforcement of design concepts and qualities
From an initial study of c.300 buildings, Andrew Charleson presents a number of short case studies to illustrate how key architectural concepts and qualities are reinforced by exposed structure.

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Failure investigations and the forensic process (part 1)
In the first part of a two-part article, Sean Brady explores the differences between a good designer and a good forensic engineer.

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Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety (CROSS)
Director of Structural-Safety, Alastair Soane, summarises the latest CROSS Newsletter which includes reports on structural steelwork, the use of polyethylene pipework for edge protection and third party certification of seismic design software.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 22): Statistics
A report on the accident death rate in 2013, 'specified injury' rate and ill health and occupational disease death rate in the UK construction industry.

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New teeth for CE marking of construction products
Mark Wilkinson explains how the new Construction Products Regulation transforms the landscape for selling construction products.

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Technical Guidance Note (Level 2, No. 8): Designing a pile-cap

This note concerns the design of pile-caps for small groups of piles. It relies on the strut-and-tie method to determine the amount of reinforcement required in the pile-cap.

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Timber Engineering Notebook No. 9: Glued laminated timber structures (part 2)
This article introduces the construction and connection details appropriate to open frame construction, with a worked example for a dowelled glulam portal haunch connection.

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Bar schedule dimensions: deductions for permitted deviations
This article discusses the issue of achieving sufficient cover to U-bars and links for structural concrete.

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Viewpoint: Grown in Britain – a review of the use of timber in UK construction
With the emergence of two key government initiatives, Simon Smith reflects on the value of UK forests for timber production and the need to overcome the negative image of tree felling.

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Book review: The Engineer's Manual of Construction Site Planning
David Doran advises readers to adopt a cautious approach when following some of the advice put forward in this new manual from three Estonian based academics.

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Verulam (readers' letters – December 2013)
Letters in this issue include discussion on scaffolding guidance, Approved Document A, The Institution's Chartered Membership Examination, and the role of the Verulam editor.

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