'The computer has come to stay, we must live with it and this book teaches us how to do so whilst remaining masters of the proceedings' Sir Ove Arup. (Understanding Structural Analysis. Introduction to the first edition)
'Brohn's magnificent text presents a radical departure...Such an approach has much to recommend it' Times Higher Education Supplement (Understanding Structural Analysis. First Edition)
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David M Brohn PhD CEng FIStructE
In the early 1970’s, David Brohn devised a test for an understanding of structural behaviour. The control group for the test was the graduate entry to the Arup Partnership. The results revealed a surprising deficiency and the course ‘Understanding Structural Behaviour’ was devised for the Partnership and revealed that even engineers of many years experience are less than secure in applying this understanding.
He has continued to provide the training course for many of the world’s leading firms of structural engineers.
Biography
David Brohn started work at the Arup Partnership on the design of the shells for Sydney Opera House. A Diploma in Concrete Technology and PhD at the University of Leeds followed this unique experience. There followed five years with consultants in Bristol and then the role of Principal Lecturer at what is now the University of the West of England. It was here and a year at Hong Kong Polytechnic where the teaching methods to develop an understanding of structural behaviour were first developed and tested. These ideas were put into practice when he founded QSE Ltd to develop a new approach to software for structural analysis and design.
Ian DUNCAN BSc MSc CEng MICE FIStructE
After graduating, Ian joined Arup in London where he worked for ten years, five of which were working principally on the Barbican Arts Centre in the City, before taking a teaching post at UC Cardiff.
Four years later, in 1979, he was invited to run the Bristol Office of Buro Happold. Principal projects during the period '79-'89 were the British Embassy and Housing, Riyadh with Trevor Dannatt & Partners; Kowloon Park development, Hong Kong, including Olympic swimming pool and footbridge with Derek Walker & Partners; Offices for Solid State Logic in Oxford with Michael Hopkins Partnership and Munich Tierpark Aviary with Jorg Gribl.
In November 1989 Ian started the practice now known as Structures One. In addition to his principal role as Design Director of the engineering practice, Structures 1, he also teaches at Bristol University. He was Chair of the IStructE local committee in 1990, has twice been elected to the IStructE Council, and is involved locally in various professional and interest groups.
In June 2006, he will become a consultant to Structures 1 and will focus on special engineering projects, new course development at Bristol University and the development of new graduate and professional development training courses with New Paradigm Solutions.