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The Structural Engineer, Volume 65, Issue 5, 1987
In any organisation, the larger the group of senior engineers involved in determining the training programme of young engineers, the more objective will be the opinion as to what is required of that training. Different firms have different markets and therefore different priorities. B.P. Clancy
Over the last few years, there has been an increasing public awareness of the initiatives and influence of the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. This perception has been extending beyond household matters, such as the notorious agricultural price/surplus manipulations, into some areas which may be relevant to this conference. Three of the most important are: education and training standards mutual recognition of qualifications regular visitor to Bmsels. on the Eurocode Steering technical standards and Codes of Practice. D.W. Lazenby
The Euroengineer - does he exist? I believe there have been a very few sightings of this rara avis but, as with the Loch Ness Monster and the Abominable Snowman, one is not quite sure of the facts. Mostly the sightings have been in continental Europe rather than in the British Isles, for reasons I will explain. Indeed, the Euroengineer should be neither a ‘monster’ nor ‘abominable’. If he does not yet exist, it is essential that we create him and cause him to breed, for our need is great. Although not a god he may be the salvation of Europe and Voltaire’s words seem very appropriate ‘Si Dieu n’existait pas, it faudrait l’inventer’. Professor P.B. Morice