Correspondence. First Steel Frame Building

An Ordinary Meeting of the Institution of Structural Engineers was held at 11, Upper Belgrave Street, London, S.W.1, on Thursday, 30th September, 1943.

IT is probable that the first reaction of the majority of Structural Engineers to the subject of this paper is to doubt that such a combination of conditions exist, or that if they do, their incidence is not of such magnitude as to be of serious importance. W.C. Andrews

Niamh McCloskey reflects on her personal experience of the challenging reality of returning to work after maternity leave, questioning whether workplaces truly support women in this transition and highlighting how, with the right support and recognition of the new perspectives and skills that motherhood can bring, we can retain mothers and allow them to thrive in underrepresented industries.