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Browse the content of the March 2014 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Complete issue (March 2014)
All articles published in the March 2014 issue of The Structural Engineer.

Publish Date – 28 February 2014

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The Francis Crick Institute, London
Since winning the structural engineering commission in 2008, AKT II have been responsible for all construction information on the primary structure. As the structural aspects of the project near completion, the team report on the challenges involved in designing the largest biomedical research institute in Europe.

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Prestressed composite truss bridge design
The authors describe a form of bridge construction that, despite being rarely seen outside of France and Japan, can provide significant cost savings for medium to long span concrete bridge projects.

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Project management failure: The 1976 Montreal Olympics
Based on a recently published case study in ASCE's Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Sean Brady highlights the systemic management failings that resulted in huge financial cost and significant reputational damage to a high profile project.

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Contracting party insolvency – a rough guide
Despite grounds for optimism in the UK economy, Peter Westlake advocates a mindful approach during contract preparation, to mitigate potential issues.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks: (No. 25): Personal safety on site
At certain times, engineers will be required to visit construction sites. All sites, whether large or small, are potentially hazardous. Junior engineers need to become acquainted with the general hazards they might encounter, as well as the corresponding means of assuring personal health and safety.

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Technical Guidance Note (Level 1, No. 35): Introduction to structural glass

This note is an introduction to glass as a structural material. It describes glass in terms of its properties, how it reacts when subjected to various forces, and the design methods being explored by structural engineers.

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Composite and Steel Construction compendium. Part 3: The concrete flange of a composite beam
This article looks at the concrete slab, considering the beam effective flange and how disruption to the concrete can be accommodated.

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Concrete Bridge Design and Construction. No. 3: Prestressing for concrete bridges
This article examines the prestressing for a concrete bridge. Prestressing enhances the capacity of a member that is weak in tension, but strong in compression. It effectively creates a new material that is strong in tension. A prestressed bridge has much less steel to be handled, which reduces congestion, leading to easier and quicker concrete placing.

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FPS E-Pile Schedule for Eurocode design
This article highlights the considerable benefits of adopting a standard pile schedule for Eurocode design.

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Verulam (readers' letters – March 2014)
Letters in this issue include discussion on scaffolding guidance, design failures and Verulam's role.

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Book review: Steel bridges
Winner of the Institution's Guthrie Brown Award for a bridge-related paper published in The Structural Engineer in 2012, Matthew Myerscough comments on a book by two steel bridge experts.

Publish Date – 28 February 2014

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