Correspondence on Expansion of Concrete due to Alkali-Silica Reaction by D.W. Hobbs

Presidential tour On 22 August, the President and Mrs Rowe, accompanied by the Secretary and Mrs Clark, embark on a 3-week tour of South Africa, taking in the principal centres of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth. Obituary: Dr Oleg Kerensky

The opportunity to use a universally accepted, objective, and comprehensive guide to assessing crack damage in existing buildings is an appealing idea to every engineer involved in this field. It would no doubt be welcomed by the loss adjusters who have to advise insurers on claims, by chartered surveyors who often call in engineers for advice, and by Building Control Officers who have to vet and approve our solutions. Mr. S.V. Thomson

This informative paper detailed the work which the writers undertook at Cambridge University. Relating as it does to the general subject of adjustable pallet racking the article was of direct interest to members of the Storage Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (SEMA). Mr. F.R. Neal