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The flagship publication of the Institution of Structural Engineers. Available to Institution members, and on subscription.

Industry CPD

The Structural Engineer
<h4>Industry CPD: Designing LVL beams with connections</h4>

Industry CPD: Designing LVL beams with connections

This CPD module, sponsored by Metsa, introduces readers to laminated veneer lumber (LVL), before summarising the design of an LVL beam with connections.

Date – 3 February 2025
Author – Metsa
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Industry CPD: Incorporating carbon assessments into your modelling workflow</h4>

Industry CPD: Incorporating carbon assessments into your modelling workflow

This CPD module, sponsored by Trimble, explores the benefits of integrating ongoing carbon assessments into the modelling workflow for a structure.

Date – 2 September 2024
Author – Trimble
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Industry CPD: Design of solar panel mounting structures made of cold-formed steel</h4>

Industry CPD: Design of solar panel mounting structures made of cold-formed steel

This CPD module, sponsored by GRAITEC UK, explores the structural analysis and design of solar panel mounting structures made of cold-formed steel.

Date – 1 July 2024
Author – GRAITEC UK
Price – £0

Technical

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<h4>Safety of vertical cantilever structures. Part 1: Good design practice and maintenance</h4>

Safety of vertical cantilever structures. Part 1: Good design practice and maintenance

Part 1 of this article aims to highlight safety concerns for various types of cantilever structure in their design, construction, use and maintenance stages. It provides general guidance for designers, contractors and maintenance teams, and clients to avoid failure during these stages.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – Paras Shah
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Damping methods for carbon-efficient design</h4>

Damping methods for carbon-efficient design

This article explores the various benefits that can be obtained by incorporating a supplementary damping system to reduce footfall, wind and seismic vibration, and dynamic structural response.

Date – 1 April 2025
Author – Miguel Martinez-Paneda, Adam Crewe, Marwa Youssef and Michael H.W. Sien
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Reducing embodied carbon in seismic design of new buildings</h4>

Reducing embodied carbon in seismic design of new buildings

This article tackles the challenge of reducing embodied carbon in the seismic design of new buildings.

Date – 1 April 2025
Author – William Loasby, Terry Y.P. Yuen, Shubhanshu Jain and Dan Bompa
Price – £9.95

Professional guidance

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<h4>Introducing BSI Knowledge – your new membership benefit</h4>

Introducing BSI Knowledge – your new membership benefit

The Institution's Library Manager, Laura Cooper, explains what this new benefit offers to members and answers some frequently asked questions.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – Laura Cooper
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>CROSS Safety Report: Punching shear assessments of flat slabs supporting out of line columns</h4>

CROSS Safety Report: Punching shear assessments of flat slabs supporting out of line columns

This month's report discusses punching shear assessments of flat slabs used as transfer slabs to support transferred columns.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Structural Engineers Registration Limited – supporting structural design certification in Scotland</h4>

Structural Engineers Registration Limited – supporting structural design certification in Scotland

As Structural Engineers Registration Limited marks 20 years of administering a building design certification scheme in Scotland, we take a look at the Scottish building control system and how the scheme works.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – Structural Engineers Registration Ltd
Price – £9.95

Features

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<h4>Wind-induced vibration response of modular high-rise buildings</h4>

Wind-induced vibration response of modular high-rise buildings

This article, based on the winning entry to the Institution of Structural Engineers Research into Practice case study competition 2024, describes the collaboration between Tide Construction, Barrett Mahony Consulting Engineers, Trinity College Dublin and BMT Fluid Dynamics examining the dynamic behaviour of tall modular buildings.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – Hollie Moore, John Hickey, Brian Broderick, Breiffni Fitzgerald, Vincent Barrett and Shane Linehan
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>New York's skyscrapers: tracing origins and technological evolution</h4>

New York's skyscrapers: tracing origins and technological evolution

Donald Friedman charts the development of skyscrapers in the USA from 1870 onwards in this article based on his 2024 James Sutherland History Lecture.

Date – 3 March 2025
Author – Donald Friedman
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>President's Inaugural Address: Structural engineering: an ever-evolving profession</h4>

President's Inaugural Address: Structural engineering: an ever-evolving profession

IStructE President Mohamad Al-Dah charts his career so far and sets out his aims for 2025, including embodied carbon action, forging partnerships, mentoring and more.

Date – 3 February 2025
Author – Mohamad Al-Dah
Price – £9.95

Project focus

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<h4>Mary Ward Centre, London: Risk management of a heavy retrofit and vertical extension</h4>

Mary Ward Centre, London: Risk management of a heavy retrofit and vertical extension

Alison Wallis and Mike Davies outline how a derelict 1970s concrete-framed building was repurposed in Stratford, east London.

Date – 3 March 2025
Author – Alison Wallis and Mike Davies
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Tan House Footbridge: Designing with repurposed steel, from early design stages to fabrication</h4>

Tan House Footbridge: Designing with repurposed steel, from early design stages to fabrication

This article describes the workflow used to deliver the Tan House Footbridge in Wokingham, UK, and shares lessons learned by the team on the use of repurposed/reclaimed material within the design and procurement process.

Date – 3 February 2025
Author – Stephen Melville, Matt Aldham and Camille Chevrier
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>The Arena Liga Portugal: aiming for SMART design</h4>

The Arena Liga Portugal: aiming for SMART design

This article describes how the structural engineer team delivered the architectural vision of a 'floating' cube for the Arena Liga Portugal project in Porto.

Date – 1 October 2024
Author – Gabriel Lopes, Joao Alves, Pedro Lopes, Aires Colaco and Joaquim Lopes
Price – £9.95

Opinion

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<h4>Verulam (readers' letters – May 2025)</h4>

Verulam (readers' letters – May 2025)

This month's letters include a discussion from the IStructE Community on steel general arrangement drawings and the factor of safety dilemma.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – Various
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Viewpoint: What's trust got to do with it?</h4>

Viewpoint: What's trust got to do with it?

Trust is a key component of business relationships for engineering firms, argues Kate Wise, but no substitute for a robust quality assurance process in technical design.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – Kate Wise
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Book review: Structurally Insulated Panels Design: Structural Design Manual</h4>

Book review: Structurally Insulated Panels Design: Structural Design Manual

The breadth of technical data, design details and worked examples in this practical guide to structural insulated panels will fill a gap in an engineer's technical library, believes James Norman.

Date – 1 April 2025
Author – James Norman
Price – £0

At the back

The Structural Engineer
<h4>Spotlight on Structures (May 2025)</h4>

Spotlight on Structures (May 2025)

The Featured Articles for Volume 71 and 72 of Structures are now available. Associate Editor, Elyas Ghafoori, has chosen a study on a novel segmental column system for Volume 71 while Associate Editor, Yao Chen, has selected a paper on the deployment of hollow-rope tensegrity utility bridges for Volume 72.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – The Institution of Structural Engineers
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Diary dates (May 2025)</h4>

Diary dates (May 2025)

A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.

Date – 1 May 2025
Author – The Institution of Structural Engineers
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
<h4>The Drawing Board (April 2025)</h4>

The Drawing Board (April 2025)

This month, Ron Slade has chosen a sketch by Pasindu Perera as the winner of The Drawing Board.

Date – 1 April 2025
Author – Ron Slade
Price – £9.95