Creep and shrinkage are two long-term properties of concrete. This blog post help designers gain a deeper understanding of both

There are some fundamental assumptions of Eurocodes that work in the background of every single design.

There is no strict definition of conceptual design. It can generally be understood as an early stage of design development, after the...

Statically determinate/indeterminate structure is one of the first concept to be taught at university.

This blog post hopes to dig down to the nature of partial factors.

There are a few quick tips that I have learned over the years and I would like to share them.

this one goes on further to touch on the stiffness of concrete and the simplified relationships for cross-sectional design.

This blog post aims to have a step-by-step anatomy of the stress-strain curve of concrete and clarify every detail and assumption

This blog explains the shear behaviour of soil from a whole new angle for you to better understand the underlying reasons

This blog post kicks off the series with one of the prettiest types of ground – the chalk.

This blog post explains the difference that design life makes to the structure

On many occasions, an opening needs to be created in a structure. This could be a tunnel from a station box, a cross passage tunnel from...

This blog is inspired by this article “Simulating composite behaviour in SCL tunnels with sprayed waterproofing membrane interface: A...

I have planned a series of blogs on the topic of shear. This is the first of the series, and it introduces the not-so-commonly known...

All concrete naturally cracks, regardless of whether it is desirable or not, and regardless of measures that you may choose to adopt, in...

As part of serviceability limit state, cracks within reinforced concrete structural elements are typically required to be controlled down...

As of 12th December 2018, CIRIA guide C766 has come on live. As one of its first practical users, I posted a previous blog post had a...

Year 2018 has been the ‘Year of Delays’ for all major projects that have something to do with tunnelling. With every single project one...

Architects hate columns. Columns are ugly, block views, and are the biggest enemies of architectural elegance. When columns appear in...

A brief preview of CIRIA C766 which has replaced C660