Rationalisation versus optimisation – getting the balance right in changing times

Ben Gholam describes the development by Price & Myers of a parametric benchmarking tool to allow engineers to produce scheme designs with the lowest embodied carbon.

Will Arnold, Mike Cook, Duncan Cox, Orlando Gibbons and John Orr present SCORS – a proposed carbon rating scheme for structures – and encourage engineers to adopt carbon targets for their projects.

This technical lecture outlines the design approach and technical challenges in delivering HYLO, a high-rise development at the heart of London, whose project team was awarded for full exploitation of an existing structure to maximise retrofit potential at the 2022 Structural Awards.