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Experts in Risk
The UK Building Safety Act imposes a duty to appoint competent professionals for work on higher risk buildings. The challenge for dutyholders is how to
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#358 Experts in Risk
Residents of tall buildings can face significant risks in the event of fire or structural failure. At Grenfell Tower in the UK, a fire in
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#321 Circular Construction – Designing for Disassembly
We can reuse and retrofit buildings to extend their lifespans, and reduce their embodied carbon impact. But some structures may not be suitable for full
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#250 The Observational Method – Engineering’s Best Kept Secret
The use of “The Observational Method” could be one of the best kept secrets of the engineering world. Time and time again it has been
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#248 Revisited: Secrets of the Hoover Dam
Are there really bodies buried in the Hoover Dam? Was the hard hat really invented here in 1931? And why was it originally called Boulder
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Research Team Develop Software to Accelerate DNA Robot Production
Researchers from Ohio State University have developed software that is able to produce DNA robots in a very short space of time. In a process
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#82 Securing the Shugborough Tunnel
Set in the West Midlands county of Staffordshire is a former Royal Forest called Cannock Chase. It is part misty, secluded woodland and part undulating
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Scientists produce method for bio-printed knee cartilage tissue
A team of scientists have produced a tissue construct in a proof-of-concept study that could help regenerate knee function for arthritic sufferers. Through bio-printing methods,