Discussion on The Design and Construction of Friarton Bridge by O.A. Kerensky, J. Robinson and B.L.

Mr J.B. Boden (Building Research Establishment): The procedures outlined by the authors of this paper are largely empirical. This is, of course, a perfectly acceptable approach, provided that there is adequate justification for it. Is it justified in this particular case?

Mr E. H. F. Taylor (F): I should like to congratulate Dr. Mann on an excellent paper which won the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch Prize and also the Institution’s Sir Arnold Waters Medal.

Unsafe building within the Codes In April 1982 we published part of a letter from Mr D. J. Ascough. He continued: I would also like to take up a point made by Mr Akroyd in his Presidential Address, published in the December 1981 journal. Verulam