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Browse the content of the October 2017 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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The Structural Engineer

All the articles from the October 2017 issue of The Structural Engineer.

Publish Date – 2 October 2017

The Structural Engineer

In this article, Victoria Richardson, winner of the Institution's Pai Lin Li Travel Award 2016, discusses her research to explore how structural engineering and the construction industry can benefit from 3D printing.

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Stephen Fernandez describes the transformation of the George Green Library at the University of Nottingham from a 1960s building into a new, modern facility. 

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John Underwood of the Health and Safety Executive introduces readers to the regulatory framework in the UK with regard to temporary works.

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Rob Paul provides an introduction to the three main types of risk that engineering practices face and considers the steps they can take to minimise or mitigate these.

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This note introduces structural engineers to the interfaces between a primary structure that is principally formed from steelwork, and a masonry cladding system.

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Young structural engineers want variety, flexibility, recognition and challenge in their early careers. But above all they are eager to become chartered, as Jackie Whitelaw found out when she spoke to three members of the Institution's Young Members' Panel.

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Peter Sparkes provides some background to the recent article on the strengthening of the Hammersmith Flyover, describing the investigations that triggered the strengthening programme.

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This month's letters consider the role of professional oversight, the risks of fracking, potential changes to Building Regulations and product testing in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, and also provide further details on the Comet aircraft failures of the 1950s.

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Upcoming events at HQ and around the Regional Groups.

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Rob Thomas provides an update for members looking to get up to speed with the Eurocodes, with a range of reading material available in the form of books, technical reports and journal articles – as well as the codes themselves. 

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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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This month we present another question from the Institution's Structural Behaviour Course, looking at deflection of a portal frame.

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