Creativity and fun: core strengths (President's Address)

Letters this month include discussion on the late payment of fees and the way in which the profession appears to be misrepresented by the Structural Awards Judging Panel.

Drawing on his long experience as a consulting engineer and expert witness, Philip Ross shares his strongly held views on the liability risks that arise from preparing structural reports, particularly those concerning a crack in a wall.

Commended in the 2014 Young Structural Engineering Professional Award was 27-year-old Ed Hollis of StructureMode, who entered his work on an acrylic pyramid art installation called Luz.