All the articles from the June 2016 issue of The Structural Engineer.
Publish Date – 1 June 2016
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With the Institution's annual People and Papers Awards Luncheon taking place on 8 June, we offer a brief guide to the Papers Awards – and the presidents they are named after. Awards are made annually at the discretion of the Papers Awards Judging Panel.
Matt Collins, Sales Director at Metsä Wood, explains why the engineered timber specialist's 'reimagining' of some iconic buildings from the past – its Plan B programme – has resonated so strongly with the contemporary design community, as well as the reasons high-performance, sustainable, engineered timber systems are increasing their share of the construction market.
This article describes the project development of the Vegas High Roller observation wheel project and some of the challenges that this unique structure created.
Our series from Griffiths & Armour turns its attention from complete to partial defence arguments when faced with a professional indemnity (PI) claim.
This article shows why gas leaks and their consequences should be one of the standard hazards considered in any risk assessment.
The latest CROSS newsletter from Structural-Safety includes news of an initiative to investigate weather-related damage to buildings.
The authors of recently conducted a study into the elastic behaviour of thin (Kirchhoff) plates using commercial finite-element software. This article presents the work conducted to uncover the reason for this difference and reveals an error in the text.
This article aims to discuss some of the issues, challenges, tools and techniques available to the practising structural engineer when assessing existing structures.
Anne Fuller has been an Institution chief examiner, has designed challenging buildings all over the UK, and is now director of Capita's civil and structural engineering division in the North. She discusses her career with Jackie Whitelaw and wonders whether talking to girls at school is really all we have in our armoury in the battle to increase diversity in the profession.
What makes an engineering practice attractive to women, asks Margaret Cooke of Integral Engineering Design. Could it just be a happy, healthy, friendly and flexible workplace that appeals to everyone – regardless of gender?
James Miller brings this series to a close by looking back over ground covered and forward to a bright future in which conservation accreditation is increasingly valued and engineers are able to innovate through the application of emerging technologies.
In this article Philip Isaac, Dan Bergsagel and Sinéad Conneely propose small, short, local design-and-build projects as an effective means of engaging students with engineering, and as a process which all members can get involved in.
This month's letters hark back to the advent of computer design and continue the debate over where responsibility lies when a fabricator designs the connections for a consulting engineer's steel frame.
A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.
In this section we shine a spotlight on papers recently published in Structures – the Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers.
This month we bring you another question from the Institution's Structural Behaviour Course. The topic is deflected shapes. Answers will be published in the July issue.