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Browse the content of the October 2015 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Complete issue (October 2015)
All articles published in the October 2015 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Surface, snow and light: design of the new Pulkovo Terminal 2 roof

The engineers and architect behind the award-winning Terminal 2 at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, Russia, describe the design ambitions, challenges posed by snow, modelling techniques and innovative structural solutions that resulted in the terminal’s folded, angular roof.

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How engineers learn from failure (or we're a weird bunch!)
Sean Brady examines how engineers learn from failure and discovers that frustration is key.

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Managing risk and contractual liability. Part 10: Certification
The series from insurance broker Griffiths & Armour examines certification and warns consultants to consider carefully what they are being asked to sign.

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Avoiding crane collapses: planning is key
Alastair Soane stresses the need for diligent risk analysis, training and application of best practice when operating mobile or tower cranes.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 44): Risks on operational Network Rail property
Although the hazards arising from any works on operational railway sites are assessed to be considerable, in the UK Network Rail has taken comprehensive measures to manage risks by putting in place compulsory systems and procedures.

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Timber Engineering Notebook No. 12: Cross-laminated timber construction (part 2)
This article provides further information on the manufacture, detailing and erection of CLT constructions.

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Conservation compendium. Part 11: A career in ruins (challenges presented by derelict structures)
This paper sets out the challenges faced by engineers and some of the approaches taken in the appraisal and protection of ruins.

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The yield-line method for concrete slabs: automated at last
In this article, the discontinuity layout optimisation procedure, which has been used to automate the yield-line method, is briefly described and then applied to various example problems.

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Spotlight on Structures (October 2015)
Synopses of the latest papers accepted for publication in the Institution's new research journal, Structures. Access to Structures is free to all during 2015. 

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Profile: Claire Gott
At just 27, Claire Gott has set up a charity, is on the ICE Council and a Green Construction Board working group, and is a design manager for one of the great challenges of the age in the UK – the redevelopment of London Bridge Station. Oh, and she has an MBE. Jackie Whitelaw went to meet WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff's engineering dynamo.

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Viewpoint: What does CE marking mean for structural engineers?
Andrew Minson does not believe that the requirement to receive a CE marked product where possible should change the way structural engineers specify products (with one notable exception), but is keen to hear what others think.

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Viewpoint: The Nepal earthquake and the rise in extreme events

In the light of this year's earthquake in Nepal, Harsha Mehta argues that the increasing global frequency of extreme events requires structural engineers to move away from prescriptive codes to a performance-based design process.

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Book review: Composite Structures according to Eurocode 4 – Worked Examples
This detailed book will be useful to young engineers who have just started using Eurocodes for steel or concrete structures, concludes Roger Johnson, although it contains too much elementary information for the more experienced engineer.

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