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Complete issue (January 2021)

All the articles from the January 2021 issue of The Structural Engineer.

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Climate Emergency Task Group: End-of-year report

The Institution’s Climate Emergency Task Group looks back at a historic year in which climate action has been front and centre for the profession.

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An introduction to refurbishment. Part 2: Maximising the opportunities at the design stage

Stephen Fernandez guides readers through the key design areas that offer refurbishment opportunities when working on an existing building.

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Structural safety when designing lean in the climate emergency

The IStructE Safety, Health and Wellbeing Panel considers the safety implications when aspiring to a lean design.

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Timber and carbon sequestration

Will Hawkins discusses carbon sequestration and end-of-life processes in timber structures, and the implications for sustainable decision-making in structural design.

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Business Practice Note No. 37: Checking the work of another engineer

Stephen Gregson provides guidance on how to approach an appointment to review a design developed by another engineer.

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Technical Guidance Note (Level 3, No. 2): Axial shortening

This note discusses axial shortening within vertical concrete loadbearing elements in structures with more than 15 storeys.

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Design and construction of the MultiPly pavilion using cross-laminated tulipwood

This paper describes the design, fabrication and erection of the MultiPly timber pavilion, which was made from the first cross-laminated timber to be manufactured at volume in the UK.

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A new approach to floor loading

Alastair Hughes sets out a proposal to simplify the Eurocode approach to floor loads by moving from an occupancy-based categorisation to one based on loading.

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Aligning temporary works with the Digital Plan of Work

Duncan Reed argues that introducing temporary works digitally from the very beginning of a project delivers many benefits as temporary works can often be overlooked at the strategy stage.

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Verulam (readers' letters – January 2021)

This month's letters consider the art of persuasion, return to the topic of domestic projects and sway frames, worry about a growing tendency for remote site inspections, and offer contrasting views on climate change, among other topics.

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Diary dates (January 2021)

A roundup of online events and activities available from the Institution and its Regional Groups.

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Spotlight on Structures (January 2021)

Editor-in-Chief, Leroy Gardner, has selected a paper entitled 'Study on the cyclic bending behaviour of CFRP strengthened full-scale CHS members' as his 'Featured Article' from Volume 28 (December 2020).

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The Drawing Board (January 2021)

This month Ron Slade has chosen a sketch submitted by Thomas Moll of Arcadis in The Netherlands.

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