Viewpoint: Digital design, fabrication and assembly

This month's letters include further discussion on the concept of 'reasonably practicable' and on web buckling of steel beams.

This introduction to advanced modelling techniques will likely be of interest to senior engineers seeking background knowledge on the use of analysis software for specialised structural design, writes John Lyness.

David Sanderson, Product Development Manager, Engineering Structures Division, Trimble, gives his perspective on developments in structural engineering software and asks whether it is time to starting thinking in terms of 'design and analysis', if not just 'design'.