29th Jun 2018
Women in Engineering and Construction
Saturday 23rd June 2018 marked International Women in Engineering Day, and it got me thinking about some of the female engineers that I admire...
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29th May 2018
Moment Frames as Stability Systems
Last month, we continued our series of posts on stability systems by taking a look at framed bracing. Today, we’re building on that...
1st May 2018
Framed Bracing as a Stability System
Last month, we took a look at the use of walls as a stability system, highlighting when to use them and when not to...
23rd Mar 2018
Using Walls as a Stability System
In my last post, I talked a little bit about the horizontal stability systems and load paths that are available to structural engineers...
28th Feb 2018
Horizontal Stability Systems and Load Paths
At the end of our last post, we promised to take a look at some of the horizontal stability systems which are used to keep buildings safe from withstanding lateral pressures...
31st Jan 2018
Wind Loading Considerations for Buildings Explained
Hello everyone, and welcome to my first blog post of the new year! I hope you’ve settled back into the swing of things and that 2018 is off to a great start for you so far...
4th Dec 2017
What you need to know about stability
In this month’s blog post, we’re going to take a look at a fundamental aspect of structural engineering. I’m talking, of course, about stability...
30th Oct 2017
All you need to know about underpinning
In last month’s post, we took a look at the issue of subsidence and settlement, and while we covered a lot, we didn’t quite cover everything...
25th Sep 2017
What is subsidence? Is it different to settlement?
Last month, we took a look at the different types of building surveys and the situations in which you might want to use them...