CROSS Safety Report: Collapse of folded plate timber roof at a school

This month we present a report about the collapse of a school hall roof, which resulted from the failure of one of a number of unusual hybrid concrete-and-steel strand trusses.

Learn how to identify, assess, manage and remediate reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) defects in buildings.

In this article, Jonathan Roynon and Matt Caldwell, from Buro Happold, highlight the key points for structural engineers to learn and implement from the New Model Building Guide .