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Lewis Kent |
In 1912, the first Concrete Institute award was a Bronze Medal for the best paper in the journal, presented to Beresford Pite for his paper on
The Aesthetic Treatment of Concrete.
The highest honour the Institution awards is the Gold Medal, first presented to Professor Henry Adams in 1922. Although it is now awarded annually or every second year, there was a full 30 year gap from 1922 until the second Gold Medal was awarded to Professor John Fleetwood Baker.
In 1929, the first Certificate of Commendation was awarded to Alfred Bossom for his paper on The Problem of the Skyscraper. In 1973, the award was re-named the Lewis Kent Award and was presented to William Hunter Rose for his services to the Institution.
In 1958, the Maitland Lecture was established to commemorate the Institution’s golden jubilee, named after its long-standing secretary, Major Maitland. Oleg Alexander Kerensky was the first recipient of the Maitland Medal and its first lecturer. The lecture continues to be given every two years.
In 2006, Professor Arthur Bolton became the first and only member to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to structural engineering.
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Arthur Bolton |
Publications
The Institution has a long history of providing technical and professional guidance both to its members and the broader public through its own journal and publications.
The first journal, Concrete Institute Transactions and Notes was published in 1909, changing its name twice - Journal of the Concrete Institute (1922), Journal of the Institution of Structural Engineers (1923) - before the current title, The Structural Engineer, was introduced in 1924.
The first technical publications appeared in 1918. These were Mnemonic notation, Loads on highway bridges and Recommendations to Clerks of Works and Foremen Concerning the Execution of Reinforced Concrete Works. A Standard Specification for Reinforced Concrete Work followed in 1920.
The Institution’s guidance on the use of steel and reinforced concrete, which continues to be updated to this day, dates back to 1927 and 1928 respectively. Prior to this, the Concrete Institute had been represented on the RIBA Joint Committee on Reinforced Concrete. The 2nd Report of this Committee, published in 1911, became the standard guide for design using that material.
In 1926 the Institution published Regulations for professional practice and scale of charges followed in 1927 by Forms of contract for the engagement of the consulting Engineer by the client. These continued to be revised for several years but the Institution no longer publishes in these areas.
A full publications list appears in the Yearbook, which itself was first published in 1923.
A list of current publications available for sale is available in our knowledge and expertise section.