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The Structural Engineer, Volume 54, Issue 4, 1976

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No correspondence is as yet forthcoming from consulting engineers retained by authorities to appraise structures or from engineers who design for commercial firms on their experience of design checking under the requirements of Building Regulations, its value and quality and the general matter of responsibility, but we remain hopeful that comment will come from these quarters soon. It would add considerably to the exchanges of views already published.

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