Structures and construction

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The Structures and Construction division is for structural engineers and civil engineers with an interest in professional design practices and contracting roles in both the public and private sectors as well as academia.

The Conservation Register for Engineers (CARE) is for engineers skilled in the conservation of historical structures and sites. It is a joint Register between the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and is administered by ICE. Under a bilateral registration agreement civil and structural engineers who are Chartered Engineer members can join the CARE Register.

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Structures and Construction in the Engineers Journal

Predicting building emissions

Researchers have analysed greenhouse gas emissions from future buildings across America and outlined region-specific solutions. 

'Spite houses': The narrowest buildings in the world

People angry with a city, a neighbour, or a family member have built some amazing houses.

Engineering a catastrophe? How human error causes high-rise tragedies

From Milan to San Francisco, high-rise marvels keep failing disastrously.

360-degree transparency for construction sites made simple

OpenSpace, a company founded by three Media Lab graduates using computer vision to benefit the construction industry, has invented automated 360-degree video jobsite capture and mapping. 'It’s not exactly an amazing observation,' says CEO Jeevan Kalanithi, 'but a picture really is worth a thousand words.'

How do floating nuclear power plants work?

An innovative solution to our energy problem or a floating hunk of health hazard?

Rome wasn't built in a day – but a 10-storey building can be

As the number of reported cases of flu-like respiratory syndrome spread in China in January of 2020, the Chinese government responded by building a dedicated hospital in a little more than a week. Built by using some prefabricated elements, the 25,000-sq-m hospital was regarded as an engineering marvel in the face of a health emergency. Now, a building company in China is taking fast construction to another level by building living spaces in almost one day.

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