Issue 5

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Complete issue (May 2016)

All the articles from the May 2016 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Kew House, London – engineering and building a home from first principles

Tim Lucas of Price & Myers explains how he threw the engineering and contracting rulebook out of the window in building his own house in Kew, southwest London.

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2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion – challenges of form and fabric

This article provides a brief summary of the design-and-build process of the 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, detailing how the team developed the initial concept into the final Pavilion, which opened to the public in the summer of 2015.

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Engineer's Guide to PI Claims. Part 4: Defence arguments – complete defences

The series on professional indemnity claims from Griffiths & Armour moves on to examine useful defence arguments, beginning with complete defences.

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Nicaragua, Panama and the dream of a canal (part 2)

Sean Brady concludes his tale of the Panama Canal and looks ahead to the potential challenges of building the proposed Nicaragua Canal.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 50): Stability

This article explores why a check on stability is required for all structures in both their permanent and temporary states. 

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Conservation compendium. Part 17: Filler-joist floors – development, capacity and typical defects

This article describes the origin of filler-joist floors, how they perform and typical defects.

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Viewpoint: Party Wall etc. Act 1996

Richard Garry responds to Paul Bell's article on the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, published in the February 2016 issue, and offers some further clarification of the Act.

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Viewpoint: No 'Brexit' from the Eurocodes

Whatever the outcome of the UK's EU referendum on 23 June, the structural Eurocodes are here to stay, believes former Institution President, David Nethercot.

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Book review: Principal designer's handbook and guide to the CDM Regulations 2015

This new guide for principal designers under CDM 2015 by and large offers pragmatic advice on how the role may be undertaken, concludes Steve Jones.

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Book review: Technology of the ancients: An overview

Angus Palmer enjoys this well-researched book describing the evolution of engineering technology and tools from the early Bronze Age to the Greek and Roman empires, and believes it will appeal to both engineers and the public at large.

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Verulam (readers' letters – May 2016)

This month's letters discuss media coverage of structural engineering, the thorny issue of 'reasonably practicable', the role of the principal designer, the need for greater recognition of temporary works, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.

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Diary dates (May 2016)

A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.

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Spotlight on Structures (May 2016)

In this section we shine a spotlight on papers recently published in Structures – the Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers.

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And finally... (May 2016)

This month we bring you another question from the Institution's Structural Behaviour Course. The topic is bending moment diagrams. Answers will be published in the June issue.

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