Viewpoint: Since when did we need different factors for dead and live loads?

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.

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.

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.