Profile: John Viise

Letters this month include discussion on: webinars; flooding; live loads; BIM; the Exam; Approved Document A and late payments.

David Hodgson (M) provides an alternative perspective on BIM; citing the history of ‘Information Management’ in the oil and gas industry, the lessons learned and the obstacles and opportunities that Information Management and BIM present for structural engineers.

Within the next five years, structural steel designers will be making greater use of advanced design methods and 3D printing to achieve more efficient structures and reduce embodied carbon, believes Leroy Gardner. Helena Russell finds out more.