Profile: Roma Agrawal

Institution Fellow, Alasdair Beal, questions the lack of technical detail in this book by two concrete experts. (NB The authors of this book, Costas Georgopoulos and Andrew Minson, challenge Alasdair Beal's review in a Viewpoint article published in July 2014.)

Letters this month include discussion on: wind pressures, live loads standards and the Chartered exam pass mark.

Developing new tools to help structural engineers make more efficient use of materials – and persuading them why they must do so – are key themes for Cambridge academic Dr John Orr. He talks to Helena Russell about his research and plans for the future.