Examiners' Reports. Membership (Part 3) and Associate-Membership Examinations, April 1988

This viewpoint arises from an open discussion which took place recently at a Committee meeting of the Lancashire & Cheshire Branch. B.P. Clancy

The paper examines theproblems of constructing a large river bank retaining wall, in a short time, under difficult tidal conditions. The site problems, alignment of the wall, structural design options considered, reasons for choosing the design solution, and the construction problems, are discussed. J. Howard, W.G. Curtin and L.S. Pope

I am delighted to have the opportunity to give this, the Maitland Lecture 1988. The title of my address is ‘The developing world’-the poor, economically backward countries of sub-Saharan Africa; the heavily indebted countries of South America; and the fast-developing, high growth, manufacturing countries of the Pacific Basin. Each of these regions has its own very different problems. Each must be viewed in different ways. The Rt. Hon. Edward Heath