Principles of Reinforced Concrete (book review)

This comprehensive book would make a useful companion for students of structural engineering, believes Ian May, seeing them though from undergraduate courses to postgraduate study or their first career steps as structural engineers.

Letters this month include discussion on London's Garden Bridge, mast piling, waterbars and the relationship between design sketching and costing.

The latest papers accepted for publication in the Institution's new research journal, Structures. Access to Structures is free to all during 2015. From 2016, Institution members will continue to receive free access as one of their membership benefits. The journal is available online at: www.elsevier.com/locate/structures