Viewpoint: Should we now say 'design and analysis' and not 'analysis and design'?

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.

Tim Lucas of Price & Myers envisages a not-too-distant future in which automation is extended to assembly on site, giving engineers full control of the building process and licence to explore their wildest design dreams.