Project design – turning theory into practice: Profitability and the ‘12 minute principle'

Correct and unambiguous documentation is essential for maintaining structural safety and is relied upon by designers, suppliers, contractors and end users. CROSS has received reports about the quality of some imported products and the nature of the documentation that goes with them.

This article concerns individual competence for professional engineers and covers education, training and Continuing Professional Development.

Institution Past President, Roger Plank, acknowledges the value of this authoritative handbook by Ravi Jain et. al., to engineers globally, despite its focus on US practice and policy.