Principal Activities of the Presidential Tour 1988

The Structural Engineer Mr D. J. Sharpe has written from Peterborough expressing some forthright criticisms of the Journal. So here goes! During the summer months the content of the journal of the Institution always seems to doze off relative to the sometime sparkle of issues in the other seasons. Understandable, of course. Verulam

This paper discusses some principles and describes some experiments in the development of an integrated system for the computer aided structural design of buildings aimed towards: -including as wide as possible a span of design activities -linking the various design activities such that data generated at any stage can be used directly in the stages that follow -developing a mode of use in which the designer is firmly in control of the process, i.e. the software plays a supportive role in the design. Professor I.A. MacLeod and M.Y. Rafiq

Institution recognition Our members will have appreciated the growing preoccupation with ‘things European’ over the last few months, as reflected in the content of The Structural Engineer. The Institution has been conscious for some time of both the hazards, and the opportunities, of the opening of the full internal market in 1992. D.W. Lazenby