RAAC Scottish residential property guidance - Part 1

This resource supports the Institution’s Pan-African Structural Engineering Knowledge Partnership.

Stuart McNash and Stephen Fernandez describe the project to retrofit the Castle Meadow buildings in Nottingham, turning them into a new city-centre campus for the University of Nottingham.

An imaginative and technically intricate reuse project that brings new life to an old industrial steel frame, the Shanghai Greenhouse project was awarded at the Structural Awards 2025.

This guidance is provided for strcutural engineers undertaking detailed assessment of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) roof panel construction.

This Manual provides much needed design guidance for the structural use of bamboo, to help this sustainable material be used in accordance with ISO 22156.