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The Structural Engineer, Volume 62, Issue 1, 1984
Timber frame housing The use of timber frame housing still tends to be regarded, in this country, as innovatory, even though more than 500 000 houses have been built using this method during the last 20 years and it is common practice in many other countries. However, it has recently attracted considerable comment by the media, much of it ill-informed. Mr Phillip Reece has now written seeking a better understanding of the practical options open when the alternatives are described simply as brick and timber. He points out that: Verulam
The first 75th Anniversary function held out-of-house was the Thanksgiving Service at Sr. Lawrence Jewry on 24 November 1983, followed by a Reception at the Guildhall. Nearly 300 members and guests attended the Service and heard the follo wing address by Dr. George Geddes, CBE, FEng (Past President)
Extract from CP2004 Code of practice for foundations: 7.5 Bearing capacity and test loading 7.5.1 Bearing capacity of a pile. The bearing capacity of a pile is dependent on the size, shape and type of pile and on the properties of the soil in which it is embedded. The ultimate bearing capacity is the load at which the resistance of the soil becomes fully mobilized . . . Dennis Waite