Surviving as a Single Practicioner

Multidisciplinary design practice is an interactive approach aimed at producing better buildings. Short lines of communication and a freedom from demarcation produces more vigorous design activity and allows dissective analyses of various solutions. As well as getting a highly integrated design, a client has a singlepoint contact for design responsibility and does not have to act as umpire between feuding disciplines. J.L. Morgan

Historical background The City Corporation celebrated 1989 as the 800th year of the recorded Mayoralty, but it was not until the Great Fire of 1666 that they looked for ‘some skilful citizen, experienced in dealing with fires’ to help avoid a similar disaster. From this beginning, sprang the District Surveyor service for London and the City Offices of Surveyor, Engineer, and Architect. L.W.E. Groome

While good structural design and site experience are prerequisites for success at the Part 3 examination of the Institution, there can be little doubt that attendance at a suitable preparatory course is of considerable help to candidates in improving their prospects of passing. Such courses are available in most branch areas throughout the country, frequently organised with the support and participation of local branch members. For some years members of the North Thames Branch have been actively involved in passing on their structural engineering knowhow to candidates preparing for the Part 3 examination. C. Davies