Profile: Sarah Williamson

Simon Pole finds this book to be an easy read on what is a heavy subject. It contains helpful guidance for any engineers considering taking on the role of party wall surveyor.

This month's letters reflect on the Genoa bridge collapse and ask how many other pieces of infrastructure may be unsafe; consider the subsidence problems that may arise from a hot summer; discuss the importance of retaining old building records; and call for better promotion of the industry and careers in engineering through the media.

Paul Fast and his 2016 Institution Supreme Award-winning fi rm, 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.