Profile: Webb Yates Engineers

This month's letters continue to discuss the topic of gender balance, with readers making the case that diversity benefits business and proposing ways to address the current imbalance. Other topics include fire resistance in tall timber buildings, concrete and climate change, and the principle of virtual work.

Alastair Soane finds this to be a useful procedural manual that may encourage more engineers to participate in forensic engineering and failure investigations.

As head of sustainability across Ramboll's building structures division, Brogan MacDonald has made impressive progress in her short career so far. A year into the role, she talks to Helena Russell about how she got here, where she's going, and the importance of positive role models.