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1 May 2015
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The Structural Engineer, Volume 93, Issue 5, 2015, Page(s) 58
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. From 2016, Institution members will continue to receive free access as one of their membership benefits.
This article discusses how to calculate an anchorage and lap length for steel ribbed reinforcement subjected to predominantly static loading using the information in Section 8 of Eurocode 2. Coated steel bars (e.g. coated with paint, epoxy or zinc) are not considered. The rules are applicable to normal buildings and bridges.
Law firm Bond Dickinson LLP summarises a recent case in which the structural engineers were not held responsible after a basement excavation went wrong.