Viewpoint: Innovation in structural engineering

Iain MacLeod is impressed by this book discussing the latest developments in equilibrium models, which will prove invaluable to postgraduate students, researchers and industrial practitioners alike.

This month's letters discuss 3D printing and its future in construction, defining 'risk', British Standards versus Eurocodes, fire regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, professional scrutiny on site, load factors, and the merits of the now-defunct Institution Yearbook.

This month's winner is Alasdair Massie of Peter Brett Associates, who receives an e-book of his choice from the Institution’s current catalogue. Alasdair's sketches reproduced here illustrate how part of a chimney might be removed and re-supported.