Issue 7

The Structural Engineer

Complete issue (July 2020)

All the articles in the July 2020 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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People and Papers Awards 2020: winners and commendations

Congratulations to all the winners of the Institution’s People and Papers Awards 2020.

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The Covid pandemic - catalyst for change

Does the current global pandemic have the potential to be a great levelling influence across our sector and society at large?

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Curriculum evolution - change via a series of 'controlled explosions'

This paper, based on the winning entry to the Excellence in Structural Engineering Education Award 2019, presents a multifaceted yet controlled exploration of the potential to achieve progressive change towards a new vision of structural engineering education.

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A brief guide to calculating embodied carbon

John Orr, Orlando Gibbons and Will Arnold preview a forthcoming new guide from the Institution on calculating embodied carbon.

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We signed the climate declaration - now what? Lessons from counting carbon

Ben Gholam of Price & Myers shares his practice's experience of setting up a carbon-calculation tool and encourages other firms to take the plunge.

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How can we create an engineering industry while building nothing?

James Norman, Tim Ibell and Oliver Broadbent examine the challenges engineers will face in persuading clients to repurpose existing buildings in place of building new ones.

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What's changed in the revised CIC BIM Protocol?

The IStructE BIM Panel highlights key changes in the second edition of this protocol intended to provide consistency of approach in projects involving building information modelling.

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Technical Guidance Note (Level 3, No. 1): Designing for torsion in open-section steel elements

This note explains how rolled steel I and H-sections are designed to resist torsion.

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Viewpoint: Embracing consequence

Alastair Hughes looks ahead to the next generation of Eurocodes and advocates a discretionary approach to the application of consequence classes for structures.

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Book review: Manual of recycling: buildings as sources of materials

Dimitris Theodossopoulos is impressed by the excellent demonstration of applied research into recycling buildings in this ground-breaking book.

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Book review: Concrete in extreme environments

This book on the durability of concrete in harsh conditions will make an excellent reference work for designers, concludes Long-yuan Li.

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Verulam (readers' letters - July 2020)

This month's letters consider potential carbon savings in domestic foundations; discuss building control and planning procedures again; ask questions about failures and forensic engineering; and encourage engineers to promote their achievements better.

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