Complete issue (February 2020)

This month's letters consider the future of the built environment, the sustainability of timber as a building material, and offer further views on subsidence, among other topics.

This article discusses some of the technical challenges in the design of the building structure – prompted by its unusual arrangement and constrained site – and how they were overcome. In particular, it will focus on the design and construction of the 1073-seat Grand Theatre spanning 37m over a column free public plaza.

Designing a post-fixed anchor (either resin-based or mechanical) can be a convoluted process - principally due to the number of variables involved when considering its use in any given situation.