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All the articles published in the February 2017 issue of The Structural Engineer

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Ian Firth introduces himself as 2017 President of the IStructE and celebrates the role of the structural engineer.

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In the second of two articles examining temporary works failures, Director of Structural-Safety, Alastair Soane, considers why failures occur and what steps can be taken to reduce the risk of catastrophic events.

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In the second note in this new series, Norman Train offers guidance on areas where the boundaries of the service to be provided by a structural engineer need to be defined in the fee proposal in order to avoid ambiguity.

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After any accident or structural failure, investigators usually conclude that someone, somewhere got something wrong. Sometimes the error results from culpable negligence, more often it will have been caused by a simple mistake or by confusion at an individual or organisational level.

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This article explores temporary works in relations to deep excavations, and the various challenges that come with it. 

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This paper discusses the calculation of the buckling load for the end conditions given in Eurocode 2, including various rotational spring restraints and variable stiffness within the length of the strut.

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Paul Fast and his 2016 Institution Supreme Award-winning firm, Fast + Epp, are blazing a trail when it comes to using timber in building design. He talks to Jackie Whitelaw about the risks and rewards of forging new paths.

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This month's letters continue the debate on Eurocodes versus British Standards, look to the future of structural engineering and consider how to innovate.

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Upcoming events at HQ and from around the regional groups.

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Rob Thomas provides insight into what historical documents the Institution Library holds for those researching older buildings.

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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's question from Andrew Dawber is on deflection of a twin-span portal-framed building.

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