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Issue 6

Browse the content of the June 2018 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Complete issue (June 2018)
All the articles from the June 2018 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Structural design of the new Exhibition Road Quarter at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

This article discusses the key structural engineering challenges of the new Exhibition Road Quarter at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. 

Publish Date – 1 June 2018

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Business Practice Note No. 16: The value of feedback for growing a business
In this latest note, Jane Entwistle offers advice to consultants on how to obtain and use feedback from clients and other stakeholders to grow their business.

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Design of precast concrete floors in steel-framed buildings. Part 3: Disproportionate collapse
This article deals with the means of reducing the sensitivity of steel-framed buildings with precast concrete floors to disproportionate collapse.

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Profile: Marelize Visser
Marelize Visser is managing to combine running her own successful South African consultancy with a growing role in the Institution. Doing one without the other would not have been an option. Interview by Jackie Whitelaw.

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Viewpoint: Combining load factors: a return to simplicity
Alastair Hughes calls for the simplification of Eurocode 0's combination rule in the name of a clear, simple, safe design approach.

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Book review: Progressive Collapse Analysis of Structures: Numerical Code and Applications
This book presents an interesting – if simplistic – approach for the simulation of progressive collapse of building structures, and may be of interest to researchers and software developers working in this area, concludes Bassam Izzuddin.

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Book review: Cross-laminated timber: Design and performance
Pete Walker welcomes this new introduction to CLT construction for designers, although notes that structural engineers may be disappointed by the lack of detailed design guidance.

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Verulam (readers' letters – June 2018)
This month's letters detail the use of invisible connections in the Leadenhall Building, offer more thoughts on innovation in engineering, make the case for retaining historical building control records and more. 

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Diary dates (June 2018)
Upcoming events at HQ and around the Regional Groups.

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Spotlight on Structures (June 2018)

Editor-in-Chief, Professor Leroy Gardner, has selected a paper on 'Exploring Bridge Dynamics for Ultra-high-speed, Hyperloop, Trains' as his featured article.

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And finally... (June 2018)
This month we present a reader contribution from Rabee Kafina MIStructE on bending moment diagrams.

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