Book review: Wind Effects on Cable-Supported Bridges

Letters this month focus on CE marking, particularly CE marking of steel and whether it is possible to CE mark a swing bridge.

Tianjian Ji welcomes this short introduction to structural engineering, which goes some way to addressing the lack of books on engineering for the general reader.

After 16 years in the Army, Major Nick Francis is making the move into civilian engineering. What have been the highlights of his career so far and what has he learned in the military that will help his new employer? Jackie Whitelaw reports.