Profile: Hanif Kara

Owen Brooker finds this to be a useful book for anyone wanting to produce preliminary structural sizes, although its value to UK professionals is reduced by a focus on the USA.

The debate over the value of the magazine's brainteasers continues, as does the best way to promote the profession to the younger generation. Thoughts on the use of the term 'chartered engineer' and what constitutes a 'chartered engineering practice' are also put forward.

Fiona Cobb has surprised herself throughout her career, from going to university to be an engineer, to working for a top London consultant, to writing a book that’s in the Science Museum. Her latest adventure is to start her own practice.