Issue 2

The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (February 2017)

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

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

The Structural Engineer

President's Inaugural Address: Going for gold in a changing world

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

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

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Temporary Works Toolkit. Part 7: Temporary works failures – what can we learn?

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.

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

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Business Practice Note No. 2: Fee proposals – assumptions (and exclusions)

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.

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 59): Human error

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.

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

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Temporary Works Toolkit. Part 8: Modular hydraulic propping systems for deep excavations

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

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

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Buckling matters – rotational spring supports (a simple method for buckling analysis)

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.

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

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Profile: Paul Fast

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.

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

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Verulam (readers' letters – February 2017)

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

Publish Date – 1 February 2017

The Structural Engineer