Table of Contents

Section 1: Fundamentals 01. Introduction 02. Managing risk in structural engineering 03. Core knowledge 04. Sustainability 05. Taking a through-life perspective in design 06. Computational design and analysis Section 2: Concept design 07. Key issues for buildings 08. Typical issues for generic building types 09. Tall buildings 10. How buildings fail 11. Loading 12. Fire protection 13. Robustness 14. Soil-structure interaction 15. Materials 16. Stability 17. Movement and tolerances Section 3: Detailed design 18. Concrete 19. Steel 20. Timber 21. Masonry 22. Structural glass

About the Author

Professor John Bull works at Brunel University, UK