The purpose of the AGOTS is to support the Engineering Leadership Group (ELG), through the Design Practice Risk and Structural Safety Committee (DPC) with strategic guidance on issues relating to demountable structures that affect the Institution’s members and the wider built environment. AGOTS contains the following members:
Explore our range of online training, recorded lectures and up and coming events.
This two-day, in-person course provides participants with an understanding of the basic principles of temporary works design.
This primer from Allan Mann presents an introduction to the practicalities and demands of erecting steel structures.
As the summer event season gets under way in the UK, we present a CROSS safety report highlighting the need for robust inspections of temporary demountable structures.
This guidance note has been written to remind people of their legal responsibilities when procuring and using temporary demountable structures for events.
fibUK brings together experts to explore bringing design to reality, using case studies of modular bridge substructures and reinforced concrete structures.
Read award-winning papers and discover members recognised for their commitment to the Institution.
The Advisory Group on Temporary Structures (AGOTS) has put together brief guidance for landlords, local authorities and event organisers.
This paper describes the design, fabrication and erection of the MultiPly timber pavilion, which was made from the first cross-laminated timber to be manufactured at volume in the UK.
Duncan Reed argues that introducing temporary works digitally from the very beginning of a project delivers many benefits as temporary works can often be overlooked at the strategy stage.