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

Industry CPD

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<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
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<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
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<h4>Industry CPD: Accuracy and precision in finite-element analysis</h4>

Industry CPD: Accuracy and precision in finite-element analysis

This CPD module, sponsored by Oasys, explains what we mean by accuracy and precision, looks at possible causes of inaccuracy when conducting a finite-element analysis and discusses the role of validation and verification in checking the accuracy of modelling output.

Date – 10 November 2023
Author – Oasys
Price – £0

Technical

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<h4>Lessons learned in 3D modelling of underground structures</h4>

Lessons learned in 3D modelling of underground structures

Gloria Wong and Trieska Wahyudi share their experiences in the 3D modelling of underground structures (primarily stations) for design, including the key lessons they have learned and the process flows they have developed consequently.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Gloria Wong and Trieska Wahyudi
Price – £9.95
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<h4>Conservation compendium. Part 20: Another life in ruins</h4>

Conservation compendium. Part 20: Another life in ruins

This article seeks to equip engineers with more knowledge about ruins. Building on Part 11 of the Conservation compendium, 'A career in ruins (the challenges presented by derelict structures)' , it provides further sources of information from a UK perspective for those engineers who look after them.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Bridget Drake-Wilkes
Price – £9.95
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<h4>Avoiding modelling errors: validation and verification</h4>

Avoiding modelling errors: validation and verification

This article discusses two topics: validation – am I asking the right questions of the software; and verification – am I getting the right answers?

Date – 1 October 2024
Author – Zoe Lockley and Keith Williams
Price – £9.95

Professional guidance

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<h4>CROSS Safety Report: The potential impact of scaffolding on fire safety</h4>

CROSS Safety Report: The potential impact of scaffolding on fire safety

This month's report discusses the potential fire safety risks of scaffolding when it is present around in-use buildings and the current risk assessment process.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures
Price – £0
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<h4>Could you help assess engineering education programmes?</h4>

Could you help assess engineering education programmes?

The Joint Board of Moderators plays a crucial role in accrediting university engineering programmes in the UK, explains IStructE Head of Membership and Education, Rebecca Carey, but is always in need of both industrial and academic volunteers to support this work.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Rebecca Carey
Price – £9.95
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<h4>CROSS Safety Report: Unconservative design of flat slab due to software modelling issues</h4>

CROSS Safety Report: Unconservative design of flat slab due to software modelling issues

This month's report discusses how a design/modelling problem caused an under-designed reinforced concrete slab to be constructed.

Date – 1 October 2024
Author – Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures
Price – £0

Features

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<h4>Working with low-carbon brick alternatives for repairs to imperial-sized bricks</h4>

Working with low-carbon brick alternatives for repairs to imperial-sized bricks

Katie Hood, winner of the Research into Practice case study competition 2023, describes a project investigating the potential use of a low-carbon bricks for the repair of mass masonry walls after a significant fire.

Date – 2 September 2024
Author – Katie Hood
Price – £9.95
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<h4>The Design, Assemble and Dismantle (DAD) project</h4>

The Design, Assemble and Dismantle (DAD) project

This article explores the origins and development of the Design, Assemble and Dismantle (DAD) project at the University of Surrey from 2014 to the present. The project won the Excellence in Structural Engineering Education Award in 2023.

Date – 1 August 2024
Author – S. Alireza Behnejad
Price – £9.95
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<h4>Kenneth Severn Award 2024: Structural engineering satnav</h4>

Kenneth Severn Award 2024: Structural engineering satnav

Romilly Bobby, the winner of the Institution's Kenneth Severn Award 2024, asks three questions of the structural engineering profession: where are we going? How will we get there? And what should we bring?

Date – 1 July 2024
Author – Romilly Bobby
Price – £9.95

Project focus

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<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
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<h4>Holistic regenerative design: the Common House by Common Practice</h4>

Holistic regenerative design: the Common House by Common Practice

This article examines how The Common House project in Bridport, UK, has its roots in the four key principles of regenerative design.

Date – 2 September 2024
Author – Charlotte Taylor and Will Hawkins
Price – £9.95
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<h4>Remodelling and extending a detached dwelling in Docklands, East London: foundation challenges</h4>

Remodelling and extending a detached dwelling in Docklands, East London: foundation challenges

This article discusses a residential project involving the extensive remodelling and extension of an existing property to create a larger, more spacious and functional home for a young family.

Date – 1 August 2024
Author – Ameet Mistry
Price – £9.95

Opinion

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<h4>Verulam (readers' letters – November/December 2024)</h4>

Verulam (readers' letters – November/December 2024)

This month's letters include discussion on no-fines concrete, clarity over Belfast and Pratt trusses, building control compliance and more.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Various
Price – £9.95
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<h4>Viewpoint: Taking chances with the weather</h4>

Viewpoint: Taking chances with the weather

How should climatic design action vary with duration of exposure? Alastair Hughes identifies two conflicting approaches, and questions whether EN 1991 has made the right choice.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Alastair Hughes
Price – £9.95
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<h4>Viewpoint: Managing risk through competence</h4>

Viewpoint: Managing risk through competence

Ron Watermeyer examines ways of demonstrating competence in the structural engineering profession and makes a case for the value of credentialing.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Ron Watermeyer
Price – £9.95

At the back

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<h4>The Drawing Board (November/December 2024)</h4>

The Drawing Board (November/December 2024)

Ron has chosen a sketch by Tim Walkden as the winner of The Drawing Board. Tim's sketch depicts a proposed structural arrangement for retrofitting a new perimeter roof walkway.

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – Ron Slade
Price – £9.95
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<h4>Spotlight on Structures (November/December 2024)</h4>

Spotlight on Structures (November/December 2024)

Ana Espinos, Associate Editor, has selected a paper studying the lateral behaviour of a composite concrete-filled steel tubes truss column as the Featured Article for Volume 66 of Structures .

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – The Institution of Structural Engineers
Price – £0
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<h4>Diary dates (November/December 2024)</h4>

Diary dates (November/December 2024)

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

Date – 11 November 2024
Author – The Institution of Structural Engineers
Price – £0