The Engineering Council has published a set of competence tables for the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment contextualised for Higher-Risk Buildings (UK-SPEC HRB). Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017, Dame Judith Hackitt was commissioned by the government to undertake an independent review of UK building regulations and fire safety. … [Read more...] about Engineering Council publishes new competence tables for designers of higher-risk buildings
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Award-winning engineering design improves safety and efficiency on construction sites
A collaboration between Monash University in Melbourne and Coates Engineering Solutions is using high-strength steel, commonly used in the automotive industry, to develop a lightweight, high-capacity propping solution for temporary construction works. The innovative solution, called Quadshore, has undergone rigorous destructive and non-destructive experimental tests at … [Read more...] about Award-winning engineering design improves safety and efficiency on construction sites
Engineers use model to stress-test skyscrapers
A team of structural engineers at the University of Surrey has partnered with industry experts to check and enhance the robustness of skyscrapers. The researchers collaborated with experts from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), a collective of architects, designers, engineers and planners famous for buildings such as the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest skyscraper, and the … [Read more...] about Engineers use model to stress-test skyscrapers
New interactive tool can assist engineered design of cross-laminated timber systems
Engineering consultancy Equilibrium has released a new set of free-to-use design tools that it says will greatly improve the speed and accuracy of engineering the design of structural cross-laminated timber (CLT) systems. The CLT Structural Design Tool was developed in part with funding from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Softwood Lumber Board to … [Read more...] about New interactive tool can assist engineered design of cross-laminated timber systems
New aerospace manufacturing and design facility completed in Gloucestershire
West Midlands-based property development and investment company Barberry Industrial has reached practical completion of a £40million aerospace manufacturing and design facility for global aircraft component and systems maker Moog Incorporated in Gloucestershire. The 19,000-square-metre carbon-neutral facility is located on a four-hectare site at Ashchurch, … [Read more...] about New aerospace manufacturing and design facility completed in Gloucestershire
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