More for less in seismic design for bridges – an overview of the Japanese approach

In his inaugural address, 2016 President of The Institution of Structural Engineers, Alan Crossman, discusses his own education and formative career, and reflects on how it compares to today’s education and career routes. He also outlines his priorities as President, which include the importance of promoting opportunity and flexibility in career development; the Institution’s vital global role (including his own interest in forging new links with the Indian profession); and the need to make sustainability a key element in the profession’s thinking.

We continue this section with another steel quiz brought to you by the SCI. This month’s topic is bracing/restraint. Answers will be published in the March issue.

In this section we shine a spotlight on papers recently published in Structures – the Research Journal of The Institution of Structural Engineers. Structures is a collaboration between the Institution and Elsevier, publishing internationally-leading research across the full breadth of structural engineering which will benefit from wide readership by academics and practitioners.