A weight off your mind: floor loadings and the climate emergency

Tim Chapman and Ian Firth highlight the carbon differences between civil structures and buildings projects, and propose that engineers work with their clients to target low-carbon outcomes, rather than just low-carbon structures.

Jenny Pattison discusses the typical considerations that structural engineers face when seeking to add floors to an existing building, and the sustainability outcomes of potential solutions.

Mike White urges structural engineers to act now in their projects to reduce embodied carbon if we are to keep to the IPCC’s 1.5°C warming target.