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Issue 9

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

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Complete issue (September 2017)
All the articles from the September 2017 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Rejuvenation of the Makatote rail viaduct – a historic steel structure in New Zealand
This paper describes the journey the design team took from onset to completion of the Makatote viaduct project in November 2016.

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Business Practice Note No. 9: Ethics
In the latest note in this series, Jane Entwistle explains what ethical standards members are expected to uphold and introduces guidance provided by the Institution on this topic.

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Temporary Works Toolkit. Part 15: Designing temporary works to European standards
This article aims to promote a shared understanding between designers of both permanent and temporary works, explaining the technicalities of PAS 8812.

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Beyond the limits of imagination: what do the Comet aircraft failures teach us?
Sean Brady recounts the tale of the Comet jet airliner crashes of the 1950s and explains how the trailblazing accident investigation revealed a failure of imagination that holds lessons for all engineers.

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Managing Health & Safety Risks (No. 65): Probability and risk assessments
This article covers the importance of considering the probability of the identified hazards from risk assessments. 

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Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety (CROSS) – Newsletter No. 47
In this article, we summarise CROSS newsletter No. 47 from Structural-Safety.

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Viewpoint: Since when did we need different factors for dead and live loads?
Alastair Hughes makes a case for revision of the Eurocodes to harmonise the load factors for permanent and variable actions, or dead and live loads.

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Viewpoint: To BIM or not to be?
Balazs Trojak challenges BIM refuseniks to dip their toe in the water and explore its benefits, or risk irrelevance in an increasingly digital future.

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Book review: Control of cracking in reinforced concrete structures
This comprehensive work will be essential reading for anyone researching or undertaking a major study in the area, concludes Paul Jackson, with the sections on restraint-induced cracking likely to be of most interest to designers.

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Book review: Elementary structural analysis and design of buildings: a guide for practicing engineer
This is a useful book giving insights into special horizontal loadings on building structures, suitable structural resistance systems and current US design office practice, says John Lyness.

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Verulam (readers' letters – September 2017)
This month's letters scrutinise the President's views on site supervision, raise some interesting questions in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, discuss the benefits and drawbacks of BIM, as well as commenting on concrete design to the Eurocodes and British Standards, fracking and various other topics.

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

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Spotlight on Structures (September 2017)

The latest issue of Structures, Volume 11 (August 2017), has recently been published. Editor-in-Chief, Professor Leroy Gardner, has selected three highlights.

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And finally... (September 2017)
This month, Hugh Morrison MIStructE poses a question on bending and deflection for a steel floor beam.

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