A joint meeting of the Institution of Structural Engineers and the British Section of the Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France was held at 11, Upper Belgrave Street, London, S.W.1, on Thursday, 12th November, 1953. Lt.-Colonel R. F. Galbraith, M.C.,
B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., President of the Institution, was in the Chair.