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Complete issue (July 2017)
All the articles published in the July 2017 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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People and Papers Awards 2017
Congratulations to all the winners of the Institution's 2017 People and Papers Awards, which were presented by President Ian Firth at a ceremony held on Thursday 8 June at Prince Phillip House, London.

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Kenneth Severn Award 2017
The Institution of Structural Engineers' Kenneth Severn Award is an annual essay competition for young engineers in which the question is set by the President. In this essay, 2017 winner Amy Cleaves considers how engineers can be educated to achieve elegance in their designs.

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Design of the roof for the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, Surrey, Canada
Paul Fast and Derek Ratzlaff describe the roof design for the Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence 2016 winning project Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre in Surrey, Canada. 

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Business Practice Note No. 7: Building Information Modelling
In this latest note, Matthew Byatt offers readers an introduction to BIM and a guide to the benefits it can bring to a project.

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Eight-stage guide to implementing BIM on a project
Duncan Reed guides readers through the key stages, documents, terminology and, above all, processes that are 'Level 2 BIM'.

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Statement from Structural-Safety: The consequences of tragic events
In humanitarian, social and engineering terms, the catalyst for profound change is often a catastrophe whose name is remembered for years to come. The Grenfell Tower fire in London will become one such tragedy and the ramifications of the fire will resonate into the future.

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Temporary Works Toolkit. Part 13: The importance of understanding construction methodology

This article presents a list of general, high-level considerations that relate to construction methodology and optimisation of temporary/permanent works, with a number of examples provided.

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Viewpoint: Timber hybrid construction – an approach whose time has come
From straightforward projects to complex design briefs, timber hybrid construction is gaining momentum. Andrew Wylie discusses its benefits.

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Viewpoint: Reinforced concrete design: Eurocodes and British Standards compared
The UK government has recently triggered Article 50, starting the official departure process from the EU. This has led to a hotly debated topic within our industry: do we continue to use the Eurocodes or revert to the previous British Standards? Peter Watkins draws his own comparison of the main differences between the two.

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Book review: Precast Concrete Structures (2nd ed.)
This extensively revised guidance with worked examples will be of use to both students and engineers looking to use precast concrete for design to the Eurocodes, concludes Jenny Burridge.

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Verulam (readers' letters – July 2017)
Stability and the middle-third rule, Brexit and the Eurocodes, climate change, seismic engineering, the Edinburgh Schools Inquiry, and engineers' contribution to bridge aesthetics are all topics that have spurred readers to put pen to paper this month.

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Diary dates (July 2017)
Upcoming events at HQ and around the Regional Groups.

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Spotlight on Structures (July 2017)
Congratulations to the winners of the annual Structures prizes, which recognise outstanding examples of pure and applied research. The prizes, for papers published in the journal during 2016, were announced at the Institution's People and Papers Awards ceremony in London on 8 June.

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The Drawing Board (July 2017)

This month's prize is shared between two winners: Kevin Lyons of Lyons O'Neill and Stephen Fernandez of Arup.

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