Complete issue (September 2019)

Past President, Brian Clancy, calls on all parties to adopt the definitions set out in the Institution's authoritative guide to subsidence.

This month's letters include memories of working with Alistair Day and using his dynamic relaxation method, methods of maintaining lateral stability in houses, together with the continuing debate on subsidence versus settlement among other topics.

This note covers the inspection of structural elements typically present within buildings during their construction and/or alteration phases.