Verulam (readers' letters – February 2016)

This is a succinct and valuable textbook that, together with the accompanying online resources, will serve students well into their first years in industry, says Jennie Gates.

Richard Haigh finds this book to be a useful introduction to volumetric modular construction for structural engineers, although more in-depth publications are available for individual materials.

With the UK hit by snowfall again, Stewart Macartney responds to a recent Viewpoint and calls for the Eurocodes to be revised to avoid snow loads being underestimated.