Author: Thomas, F G
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Thomas, F G
The Structural Engineer, Volume 26, Issue 2, 1948
Twentieth-century craftmanship based upon the traditional spirit of the ancient craft guilds, is displayed in the pair of candelabra and the cigarette box which have been made from the oak of structural timbers taken from the historic London buildings Westminster House, Staple Inn, and the Charterhouse, all of which date from the 14th to 17th centuries.
Robert Chapman It is with great regret that the Council have learnt of the deaths of two Past Chairmen of the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch, which occurred within a few weeks of each other. Mr. Robert Chapman, who died suddenly on the 25th September, had been a Member of the Institution since 1924. He was Chairman of the Branch and served as Delegate Member of the Council in 1945-1946. Mr. Chapman was fifty-five and was on the staff of Messrs. Banister, Walton and Company, Ltd., of Trafford Park.
In recent years the progress of structural engineering has been accelerated by the shortage of certain types of building materials caused by war, necessitating the full use of the natural ingenuity of structural engineers in finding substitutes and by the progress of allied structural fields such as the aircraft industry. Scarcity of timber brought into use light structural sections ; shortage of labour and the requirements of speedier erection, prefabrication. Higher power units in the aircraft industry demanded a more efficient design and the full use of light alloy sections. C.M. Moir and R.M. Kenedi