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Significant, and tragic, failures involving structures continue to occur: fires in apartment blocks in Milan, London and Taiwan, and structural collapses in Florida and Nigeria being recent examples. This paper gives emphasis to the need for engineers to consider risk management at a fundamental level.

The IStructE Safety, Health and Wellbeing Panel considers the safety implications when aspiring to a lean design.

This is a legacy case study of the 1978 collapse of the roof of the Hartford Coliseum in Hartford, Connecticut.

This Alert has been prompted by concerns raised about some particularly large structures and is based on evidence made known to SCOSS.

At the outset of the design, it is recommended that the structural engineer should document the proposed structural design philosophy and the approach to design against disproportionate collapse and agree this with the client.

There are occasional collapses of steel frame structures during construction and this Alert is to draw attention to matters which need to be borne in mind by designers, fabricators, and contractors.

CROSS has concerns about some structural aspects of roof mounted PV and solar thermal panels.

In a number of instances, suspension fork connectors for high strength steel bars (cables or rods) acting in tension have failed at loads well below the intended design capacity or have been found to be substandard either during construction or in service.

There have been collapses of temporary stage structures in the USA and in Europe during entertainment events.