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The Structural Engineer
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The Structural Engineer, Volume 60, Issue 5, 1982

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The Structural Engineer, Volume 60, Issue 5, 1982

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President’s diary
The President and Mrs Akroyd will receive some 600 members and their guests at the Annual Dinner of the Institution in London on Thursday 13 May. Mr A. Montague Alfred, recently-appointed Chief Executive of the Property Services Agency, DOE, will propose the toast to the Institution, to which Mr Akroyd is to respond. The President-Elect, Clifford Evans, will propose a toast ‘The Guests’, to which Mr Bill Cox, President BCSA, is to reply.

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