Joint Research on the Vibration of Concrete

The Margaret Bridge in Budapest, was built from l872 to 1876 by the French firm Messrs. Ernest Gouin (later known as Cie. Batignolles, Paris) whose plan was awarded the first prize in the international competition for the design of the bridge advertised by the Hungarian Government. Charles Szechy

The subiect with which the writer has been asked to deal is a wide one for a paper which must be limited to a certain amount of space, and it has been necessary to decide what should be dealt wifh at length, and what should be merely touched upon. W.J. Hadfield

The CHAIRMAN (Mr. P.J. Black, L.R.I.B.A., M.I.Struct,.E., Vice-President), introduced Mr. Bylander as one of the oldest memhers of the Concrete Institute, being in fact a Founder Member of the Institute, and said that he was regarded as one of tho pioneers of steel-frame buildings. His paper was a very interesting retrospect and it showed the evolution of the steelframe building.