The Shrinkage of Concrete whilst Setting. An Experiment which went wrong.

THE structural engineer is a man with a general engineering training, who has specialised in the design, construction and erection of all classes of structures, in steel and iron, concrete, either mass or reinforced, bricks, masonry and timber, as used for engineering structures, apart from these latter materials used architecturally. Gilbert Ness

For some structural designs certain necessary preliminary calculations have to be made for loaded beams or columns in order to determine reactions, end fixing couples, maximum deflections, etc. C.E. Larard

The PRESIDENT, espressing the thanks and appreciation of the meeting to the author, said the lecture must have entailed an enormous amount of work in its preparation. Personally, he had found it of very great interest, if only for the reason that sufficient was not made of the uses to which concrete could be put. Nobody liked the rather gloomy looking plain concrete buildings which were to be seen, and we must find a way of giving that concrete material a more pleasing appearance. He proposed a cordial vote of thanks to the author.