Profile: Webb Yates Engineers

This month's letters continue to discuss the topic of gender balance, with readers making the case that diversity benefits business and proposing ways to address the current imbalance. Other topics include fire resistance in tall timber buildings, concrete and climate change, and the principle of virtual work.

Alastair Soane finds this to be a useful procedural manual that may encourage more engineers to participate in forensic engineering and failure investigations.

The award of this year's IStructE Gold Medal to Tina Vejrum not only boosts the representation of women on the prestigious roll call, it also signals a nod to the specialist long-span bridges sector. Helena Russell finds out about her career so far.