Editorial: Economic and safe design of the construction method

Tim Lohmann of the Temporary Works Forum introduces this new series and summarises some key differences from permanent works.

This month we bring you another question from the Institution’s Structural Behaviour Course. The topic is deflected portals. The answer will be published in November.

In this section we shine a spotlight on papers recently published in Structures – the Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers. Structures is a collaboration between the Institution and Elsevier, publishing internationally-leading research across the full breadth of structural engineering which will benefit from wide readership by academics and practitioners. Access to Structures is free to Institution members (excluding Student members) as one of their membership benefits, with access provided via the “My account” section of the Institution website. The journal is available online at: www.structuresjournal.org