The British Standards Institute (BSI) has just published Brian Simpson’s book “Concise Eurocodes: Geotechnics: BS EN 1997: Eurocodes 7.” Structural Eurocodes are a suite of design codes which will harmonize technical specifications for building and civil engineering works across Europe. Their introduction in March 2010 required the withdrawal of more than 50 British Standards. The change has been described as ‘the single most important change to construction standards ever’. Eurocode 7 (Geotechnics) includes information on the utilization of geosynthetics. Simpsons’ book serves as a transition support primer for consulting engineers on Eurocode 7 design updates.

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