Analysis, Design, and Construction of a Base‐Isolated Multiple Building Structure – Sorace – 2014 – Advances in Civil Engineering
1. Introduction Base isolation is nowadays a well-established and viable antiseismic design strategy for new buildings and bridges, as well as for the retrofit of existing ones, with several thousand applications in over 30 earthquake-prone countries worldwide. The use of this technology, originally restricted to massive and stiff structures, has been progressively extended in the […]
Govt grants sanction to prosecute joint drugs controller S Eswara Reddy in Biocon Biologics bribery case
New Delhi, The government has granted the sanction to prosecute Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s joint drugs controller S Eswara Reddy, clearing the decks for initiating a trial against him for allegedly taking a bribe to favourably recommend Biocon Biologics’ insulin injection, officials said Sunday. The CBI submitted the sanction for prosecution, accorded by the […]
How to specify intumescent coatings correctly
In June, Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures UK (CROSS-UK) published a report on the use of intumescent coatings, which indicated that lessons have still not been learnt from evidence given at the Grenfell Inquiry. The report related to detailing and advice provided by manufacturers, which incorrectly advised that the coating would still be effective if […]