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Flint, A R
The Structural Engineer, Volume 29, Issue 9, 1951
THE CHAIRMAN, proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Etches for his excellent paper, said it was clear in the first place that the conception of the project as a whole, and also the development of the details gave evidence of much care and thought. The problems which had to be solved were considerable, because they had included not only the usual difficulties relating to the design of a new building, but they also included many particularly difficult problems associated with altering existing buildings and making them serve other pulposes. He thought that Mr. Etches and all concerned with that project should be congratulated on the success which they had achieved in their solution to these many and varied problems. He had found it very interesting to compare the slide of one of the original buildings (roofed with Belfast trusses) with the slide of the new structure which had replaced it. The fuss and complication of the old structure had given way to the simple and finely proportioned portal framed structure, which he felt sure that everyone would agree was very satisfying to the engineering eye. It was also clear that a great deal of ingenuity had been shown in the development of the details, for example, the specially shaped gutter, with its overflow weir just beyond the end wall-which would effectively prevent flooding inside the building in the event of particularly heavy rain or a blocked downpipe.
THE CHAIRMAN (Mr. Walter C. Andrews, O.B.E., M.I.C.E., Vice-president), introducing Dr. Hendry, referred to his earlier paper on “An Investigation of the Stress Distribution in Steel Portal Frame Knees,” in 1947, for which he was awarded the Sessional Medal and Research Prize From that and his other contributions, listed in the papers now before the meeting, it seemed that Dr. Hendry had made a “corner” in portal frame knees and allied matters.