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Issue 8

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Complete issue (August 2016)

All the articles published in the August 2016 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Experiments in learning design: Creating space for creativity and continuity in design education

In this winning entry to the Institution's 2016 Excellence in Structural Engineering Education Award, Tim Stratford describes the changes that the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering has made to its civil engineering degree programmes in order to put creative design at the heart of the learning process.

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Rehabilitation of the Victorian Connaught Tunnel for London's Crossrail project – design challenges

This article outlines the design challenges of rehabilitating the Victorian Connaught Tunnel as part of London's Crossrail project.

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Engineer's Guide to PI Claims. Part 7: Mediation

This month’s article from Griffiths & Armour introduces readers to the principle of mediation and explains how the process works for a professional indemnity claim.

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Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety (CROSS) No. 43

In this article, we summarise CROSS newsletter No. 43 from Structural-Safety.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 53): Nickel sulphide failure in toughened glass

This article focuses on a particular issue with toughened glass following a nickel sulphide failure.

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Structural use of bamboo. Part 1: Introduction to bamboo

This first article provides an introduction to bamboo and the physical characteristics that are relevant to structural design.

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Profile: Chris Wise

Award-winning structural engineer Chris Wise has always challenged convention and has no plans to stop. In his sights currently are multiple targets, including the whole structural engineering profession, its businesses and his own future.

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Book review: BIM for Construction Clients

This thorough guide will make a useful primer for clients, and indeed engineers, who are starting out in the world of BIM, believes Steve Buckley.

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Book review: Design of Prestressed Concrete to AS3600-2009 (2nd ed.)

This comprehensive guide to prestressed concrete design is aimed at students and recent graduates, but will also be of use to more experienced practising engineers in Australia, concludes David Morris.

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Book review: How Structures Work: Design and Behaviour from Bridges to Buildings (2nd ed.)

Tianjian Ji finds this introduction to building structures to be aimed primarily at architectural students, although it will also make suitable supplementary reading for first-year civil and structural engineering students.

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Verulam (readers' letters – August 2016)

This month's letters return to the Ronan Point failure; continue the discussion on the public perception of structural engineering; consider how the profession has changed over time; and look back at the introduction of professional indemnity cover and computers.

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Diary dates (August 2016)

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

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Spotlight on Structures (August 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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Library update: New E-library launched

An initial selection of over 80 key titles forms the basis of the Institution Library's new E-book collection, making the Library accessible for the first time to members all around the world, at any time of the day. The service is offered to Graduates, Technicians, Members and Fellows.

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And finally... (August 2016)

This month we bring you a question from Ramsay Maunder Associates on the yield-line technique for concrete slabs. The answer will be published in the September issue.

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