The Structural Behaviour of Steel and Concrete Box Girder Bridges

Dr. Cope (University of Liverpool, Department of Civil Engineering): 'Mr. Chairman, gentlemen, the contribution I would like to give is a joint one with Professor Sawko who very much regrets not being able to attend tonight.'

The following is a precis of a paper which is filed in the Institution’s library (reference X(27)). Copies of the paper are available for borrowing by members of the Institution in the United Kingdom, or they can be consulted at the Institution. M.A. El-Gaaly and M.K. Khalifa

The paper describes three phases of a scheme for reconstructing the area around Guildhall in the City of London. Two of these phases have been completed and the third is now under construction. The work has included the design both of new buildings and of modifications to existing and historically important ones. The first phase to be built consisted of an underground car park-also housing, temporarily, Magistrates' Courts-and an Exhibition Hall, and the second comprised the alteration and renovation of the building at the entrance to Guildhall. The third, and largest, embraces the provision of new ofices for the Corporation and the restoration to its former appearance of a part of the Guildhall Crypt. Much use has been made in the ofices of structural precast concrete, while, for the reinstatement of the Crypt, the adoption of a steel structure has seemed appropriate. C.J.E. Morris, A.M. Weneck and D.J.A. Alsop