Rigid Frame Bridges in Reinforced Concrete

It will be recalled that Mr. Walter M. Goodesmith, Graduate, was the winner of last year's scholarship, his design for a concrete church having been published in The Structural Engineer of March, 1933 (page 127). Mr. Goodesmith has now fulfilled his obligations by presenting to the Institution the thesis embodying the results of his Continental tour, which occupied seven weeks and covered some thirty cities and towns in seven countries.

Mr. M. B. Buxton, M.C., MA., A.M.Inst.C.E. (Member), proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Frost for his paper, said that the Curnberland Hotel and its annexe constituted one of the largest buildings ever erected in this country, and by reason of the fact that it had bedrooms and living rooms situatcti all round the building, with no external lavatories and bathrooms -a system adopted in many of the Carlatlian and American hotels-it marked a great step forward. The paper and illustrations were of extraordinary interest, for they indicated the great difficulties duo to the site, in connection with the st.celwork and retaining walls, and the special construction adopted, and they indicated how those difficulties were overcome. The Institution was very proud indeed of the fact that one of its members had been appointed engineer for this great building. One might reasonably have expected that one of the well-known civil engineering firms would have been appointed. Mr. Frost was to be congratulated on his appointment, which had done honour to the Institution, as well as to himself.

It is only in the last decade that progress in the manufacture of cement and the resulting improvement in the strength of concrete have been matched by a corresponding advance in the manufacture of high class steel. Oberbaurat Dr. Fritz Emperger