The paper describes the evolution of Sydney Tower, introduces some examples of analyses involved in the study of its static and dynamic response, and finally presents some details of construction procedures. The structure of Sydney Tower is possibly unique in the sense that, having been 'tailored' to suit a particular set of circumstances and requirements,it offers a number of unconventional characteristics that make it appear distinctly different from other world-renowned towers. It can be characterised as a free-standing, cantilevered, post-tensioned, guyed steel structure. Alexander Wargon
Mr H. B. Walker (Constrado): Firstly, I would like to congratulate Dr. Taranath on his paper and on his excellent presentation.
Mr E. F. Humphries (Maunsell & Partners): As designers of Westway, my firm was asked, by the GLC, to keep a watching brief on the design of the bus garage as it might affect Westway, and I visited the site with Robert Povey several times during the construction of the building.
Dr. Roy Rowe, CBE, Director-General of the Cement & Concrete Association, will succeed Clifford Evans as President of the Institution 1983-84. The ‘handover’ comes on Thursday 6 October 1983 when, at an Ordinary Meeting at Institution headquarters, commencing at 6pm, Dr. Rowe will give his Presidential Address ‘To research, communicate, and codify-well!’ The full text will appear in The Structural Engineer in December next.
This viewpoint describes the operation of a team which has been formed in order to design and supervise the construction of a fully-serviced building of over 20 000m2. The principles are equally applicable to smaller projects, but some of the roles described would be carried out by one person rather than several. Richard Gardner
Links for torsion and for shear Mr. L. Wadsworth has followed the correspondence on the form of links for resisting torsion recorntnended in CP 110, which he questioned in his letter published in July last year. He writes: The two attempts to explain the inconsistency in CP 110 regarding the demand, when torsion is being resisted for type 74 links rather than type 60 (Mr Cronin, February 1983, and Dr. Swann, May 1983) are singularly unconvincing. Verulam