All the articles from the February 2019 issue.
Publish Date – 1 February 2019
Incoming President Joe Kindregan looks back at engineering through the ages and looks ahead to humanity’s most pressing needs.
This article from Structural-Safety summarises the latest SCOSS Alert addressing effects of scale.
In this article, we highlight a report from CROSS newsletter No. 53, on the lack of method statements on domestic projects.
The equipment and processes used in laboratories often work at very fine levels of detail and can be very sensitive to vibration. This article discusses the main vibration issues that confront structural engineers, and explains how they can be addressed.
One of Will Arnold’s highlights after being named Young Structural Engineering Professional of the Year was judging the Structural Awards. But he had to do that from Rwanda, as he explained to Jackie Whitelaw.
Professor David Blockley responds to a recent Viewpoint, arguing that changing public perceptions of engineering, to better understand its value, will be key to attracting tomorrow’s generation of structural engineers.
This month's letters continue the debate on partial factors in the Eurocodes, introducing a new question of the reliability of product testing; respond to contrasting points of view in the January issue on creativity and collaboration in design; and take issue with the idea of encouraging gender balance in the engineering profession.
Although not a legal ‘handbook’, this book provides essential guidance to construction professionals on the principles governing professional negligence, concludes Ian Wright.
Dr Um Leong Tay finds this to be an excellent introductory textbook for those new to the design of tall buildings, albeit one which could have been improved by closer attention to detail and a greater focus on conceptual aspects of design and simplified rules of thumb.
Upcoming events at HQ and around the Regional Groups.
Rob Thomas highlights books in the Library collection that give an introduction to first principles of structural behaviour and provide guidance on developing a conceptual design.
In this section we shine a spotlight on papers recently published in Structures – the Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers.
This month, Editor-in-Chief, Professor Leroy Gardner, presents a featured article on 'Finite Element Modeling and design of Single Angle Member Under Bi-axial Bending'.
This month Ron Slade has selected a sketch of Daly's Bridge by John Gamble, a Design Engineer for RPS in Ireland. John receives an e-book of his choice from the Institution’s current catalogue.