The Structural Engineer as Expert Witness

The first published report on CPD, prepared by a joint working party of the Membership and Education & Examination Committees, appeared in the February 1986 issue of The Structural Engineer. At this time the Institution was among the leaders in the engineering profession in promoting CPD. M.G. Baker

Incorporated Engineer Many experienced draughtsmen/technicians working in our industry may be unaware that they probably have sufficient qualifications and experience to apply to take the Institution’s .Associate-Membership examination, giving them Incorporated Engineer status. S. Williams and M. Pszenyczniak

Attitude to design accuracy It comes naturally to a structural engineer to take a great deal of care in what can be considered to be the mathematical part of structural design, after the real engineering part of deciding on the form of the structure, where to place fixing moments, hinges, etc., has been completed. The mathematics used to be described as the perspiration after the inspiration of the real engineering although, in these days of computers, perhaps ‘eye strain’ should be substituted for ‘perspiration’. J.A. Baird