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The Structural Engineer, Volume 75, Issue 18, 1997
Brian Clancy has returned from the Kerensky Conference in Hong Kong with an endorsement from the Chinese construction authorities of the high standards set by the Institution for the education and training of structural engineers. This has been just one of the highlights of a Presidential year that has seen the implementation by the Institution of its forward-looking CPD policy and the culmination of discussions with the Engineering Council on new standards and routes to registration. Brian Clancy spoke about this and other current issues in an interview with John D. Allen.
Within the past few days the Engineering Council has placed its new version of Standards & Routes to Registration (SARTOR) on general release. It appears against the background of Sir Ron Dearing’s report into higher education published a few weeks back. In discussion with Richard Eastwood, the Institution’s spokesman on SARTOR, some of the underlying issues in engineering education came to light, issues which still await proper examinution despite the weight of words devoted to them. This commentary was compiled for The Structural Engineer by John D. Allen.
The facts about asbestos cement John Bridle has written from Dinas Powys in the Vale of Glamorgan, expressing concern that the facts about the safe use of asbestos cement are being distorted: Hysteria is being generated by vested interest groups over the use of asbestos cement products in buildings. There is a clear distinction between ‘asbestos cement’ and other asbestos-containing products, and everybody associated with the construction industry should make themselves aware of the situation.