the designer must bear in mind the downside of large diameter reinforcement, which is explained in this blog post.

This blog post outlines the overall fire engineering approach and touches on some basic principles.

Rock is a natural material and its behaviour isn’t as easy to grasp as an engineered material with well-defined properties such as...

Whether the small and shallow foundation gives the design a ‘pass’ or not depends mainly on two criteria: resistance and settlement.

The quality control measures put into place are essentially mitigation measures to deal with the risk of failure of compliance to the design

Atterberg limits – a theory to describe how watery the soil is

The fundamentals of shear Shear can be understood as the sliding action between adjoining parts of a structural element. A few...

A lot of people comment that the construction industry is backwards in adopting new technology. Why is this the case?

the membrane is a delicate thing and requires a lot of careful detailing and handling.

There was a famous event for tower blocks in London. In 1968 there was a gas explosion on the 18th floor of Ronan Point, but the...

A follow-up on the topic of conceptual design

How to specify concrete cover

summarises how concrete deteriorate in plain language and practical measures to make it durable.

this blog continues on the thread to talk about lateral earth pressure

What causes the foundation of a structure to settle? This blog explains the reasons from a soil engineering perspective.

Reliability is the consistency in performance. This is typically a much desired thing generally in life

The design of underground structures, requires a process called ‘soil-structure interaction’.

Have you ever wondered, why have we chosen 28 days strength as a basis for concrete design? This blog post answers this question and...

I believe it is essential for engineers to develop the habit of zooming out from their routine designs and re-think at a higher level of...

More details on creep and shrinkage