Issue 6

The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (June 2014)

All articles published in the June 2014 issue of The Structural Engineer.

Publish Date – 29 May 2014

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Training engineers is a partnership between academia and industry

Winner of the Kenneth Severn Award 2014, Natasha Scott cites Visiting Professor schemes, apprenticeships and compulsory industrial experience for students, as some of the ways in which these two branches of the profession could work more closely.

Publish Date – 29 May 2014

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The Serpentine Sackler Gallery

Authors from Arup report on a redevelopment project that balances sensitive restoration and adaption of a historic building, with the design and construction of a sculptural form fabric roof.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 28): Permit to Work systems

This short article provides an overview of the formal, recorded process used to control work which is identified as potentially hazardous.

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Guide to recoveries

Browne Jacobson's James Arrowsmith provides some guidance for those looking to recover losses incurred during the course of their work.

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Technical Guidance Note (Level 2, No. 12): Introduction to steel portal frames

Steel portal frames, in particular, are a cost-effective structural system to support building envelopes requiring large column-free spaces.

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Composite and Steel Construction compendium. Part 6: Design for economy

The first in a 'steel construction' sub-series, this article discusses the often competing demands on the structural designer to balance frame cost against architectural demands and the cost of other building components, such as curtain walling.

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Concrete Bridge Design and Construction. No. 6: Concrete bridge construction methods – in situ

In situ options tend to be used on projects where the speed of construction is not critical, or where the lower costs of the in situ works justify a slightly longer programme.

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Detecting delamination in FRP retrofitted concrete structures using nonlinear ultrasonics

Fibre reinforced polymers (FRPs) are increasingly used to retrofit concrete structures due to their many desirable properties. Researchers from the University of Exeter report on a series of experiments that apply nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy to concrete beams strengthened with externally bonded FRP, in order to detect the onset of failure.

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Profile: Roma Agrawal

Roma Agrawal is using her rarity as a young, female engineer to front campaigns on television, in the papers and on billboards that raise the profile of an engineering career. More professionals should do the same, she tells Jackie Whitelaw.

Publish Date – 29 May 2014

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