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

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.

This article describes how Tianjin CTF Finance Centre, a 530m super-tall building in China, was tested and designed to counter wind-induced motion.

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.