Author: Paul Astle
1 February 2021
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Paul Astle
https://doi.org/10.56330/NWSR6863
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56330/NWSR6863
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Will Arnold, Jenny Burridge, David Moore, Keerthi Ranasinghe and Sean Wilkins argue that engineers should always look to specify the most suitable material for a particular project, and offer advice on how to use materials efficiently once a choice is made.
Jenny Burridge of the Concrete Centre discusses a more sustainable approach to concrete.
Appendix A of Eurocode 2 permits a reduction in material partial factors for reinforcing steel and concrete. Designing elements with the reduced material partial factors reduces the amount of reinforcement steel required, hence a reduction in embodied carbon and energy, without any loss of performance.