Simple Codes can Stifle Structural Technology

Christmas test For students this is the time of year for Christmas assessments and, for qualified engineers, the time for riddles from Christmas crackers. Here is an assessment for you all! Please note the time allowed and check your answers. Verulam

When a house or some other form of property changes hands, the buyer usually commissions a survey of it; or, if a mortgage is negotiated, the Building Society will give instructions for a surveyor to establish value. Whoever undertakes a survey is legally responsible for what is said in the report to the client.

The Presidential party arrived in Vancouver on Monday 31 August 1981 to be welcomed by Dr. Steve Faliszewski (F), Institution Representative in British Columbia. The following morning, Professor Horne and the Secretary visited the Civil Engineering Department of the University of British Columbia and were entertained at lunch by the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences in the enviable Faculty Club overlooking the Frazer River. Later in the day Dr. Faliszewski arranged a dinner party at Grouse Mountain Lodge-a skyride above Vancouver Island. Professor and Mrs Horne met numbers of members, some of whom had travelled considerable distances, including Mr and Mrs David Bevan, Mr and Mrs Roy Metcalf, and Mr and Mrs David York.