All the articles from the May 2016 issue of The Structural Engineer.
Publish Date – 1 May 2016
Tim Lucas of Price & Myers explains how he threw the engineering and contracting rulebook out of the window in building his own house in Kew, southwest London.
This article provides a brief summary of the design-and-build process of the 2015 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, detailing how the team developed the initial concept into the final Pavilion, which opened to the public in the summer of 2015.
The series on professional indemnity claims from Griffiths & Armour moves on to examine useful defence arguments, beginning with complete defences.
Sean Brady concludes his tale of the Panama Canal and looks ahead to the potential challenges of building the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
This article explores why a check on stability is required for all structures in both their permanent and temporary states.
This article describes the origin of filler-joist floors, how they perform and typical defects.
Richard Garry responds to Paul Bell's article on the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, published in the February 2016 issue, and offers some further clarification of the Act.
Whatever the outcome of the UK's EU referendum on 23 June, the structural Eurocodes are here to stay, believes former Institution President, David Nethercot.
This new guide for principal designers under CDM 2015 by and large offers pragmatic advice on how the role may be undertaken, concludes Steve Jones.
Angus Palmer enjoys this well-researched book describing the evolution of engineering technology and tools from the early Bronze Age to the Greek and Roman empires, and believes it will appeal to both engineers and the public at large.
This month's letters discuss media coverage of structural engineering, the thorny issue of 'reasonably practicable', the role of the principal designer, the need for greater recognition of temporary works, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
A round-up of events at Institution HQ and around the regional groups.
In this section we shine a spotlight on papers recently published in Structures – the Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers.
This month we bring you another question from the Institution's Structural Behaviour Course. The topic is bending moment diagrams. Answers will be published in the June issue.