Bond Street Station Upgrade – using 3D analysis to optimise tunnel design

Letters this month include discussion on status and qualifications, the value of sketching and recollections of structural engineering during WWII.

There are moves afoot to add 10% more metal to every column in a building that is designed to Eurocode 3, Alastair Hughes explains.

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. The journal is available online at: www.elsevier.com/locate/structures