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Why You Need a Structural Engineer When Installing Solar Panels
With everyone being a lot more environmentally conscious, many property owners are looking to help reduce their carbon footprint by installing solar panels on their roofs. Choosing this energy source can have a multitude of benefits such as reducing the cost of...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Aluminium in Structures
Aluminium was discovered over 200 years ago, and after its initial period of development, aluminium was used during many structural applications. However, it was first used massively in the 1920s when it was mainly used towards decorative detailing. As such, the...
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New Devon Homes Missing Basic Safety Requirements
Many of us will know that buying a property is a huge investment of both money and time. As such, when you purchase a brand-new home, you wouldn't expect anything to be wrong with it. However, it appears that some newly built homes in East Devon have been causing...
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The World’s Tallest All-Timber Building Has Been Completed in Norway
Timber has been a staple in the construction industry for thousands of years and is now used alongside many other building materials to create the structures we see today. Certain structures have used timber in incredibly complex ways to create breathtaking buildings,...
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Fibre Reinforced Beam Design: Innovations in Structural Engineering
Fibre has been used in beam design for more than 35 years to improve and reinforce existing properties. For example, fibre-reinforced concrete, also known as FRC, is commonplace. Concrete as a material has little tensile strength, as we mentioned in our guide to...
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How Footfall Makes Buildings Shake: Challenges for Structural Engineers
Buildings, especially tall buildings, are susceptible to vibrations. The most dangerous vibrations come from earthquakes – however, we as structural engineers in Cornwall and Devon don't have to worry about them too often! Human footfall, though, can cause vibrations...
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Three Types of Coupling Beam Designs
Coupling beams are an important load-bearing element for a structural engineer to improve the structural integrity of a variety of buildings. They are employed in a coupled wall structure to bridge to isolated walls and help them share each other’s loads when they...
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Roof Spread: What is it, and How to Avoid it
Of all structural problems that can affect a house, roof spread is one of the most visible, particularly with traditional style buildings. Many roofs of historic buildings have spread at some stage, and can often be left alone and monitored, with no remedial work...
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What is a Party Wall Surveyor?
As a structural engineering and surveyor consultancy, we offer a multitude of services to our clients. One of these is party wall surveying, something that can be a confusing process, even for those with experience in construction. As expert party wall surveyors, we...
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Building Activity Slows Down Heading into 2019
Construction has always been an important industry in the UK. Where on average 13% of people in the UK are self-employed, in the construction sector that number skyrockets up to roughly 37% depending on how you calculate the figure. Partly because of the high number...
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