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The President said they had now come to a part of the evening where he could be brief. It was the discussion of the Draft Specification that had been drawn up after two years of deliberation by the Concrete Sectional Committee, and which had been approved by the Science Committee. He called on Mr. W. Muirhead.
So much has been said recently of the need for revision of the London Building Act,and so many criticisms have been made of it, that it seems reasonable to examine carefully the provisions of other building laws which are in force in other countries, and frequently form the basis for criticism of our own. C.H. Cottew
In 1924 the Government of New South Wales accepted the tender of Messrs. Dorman, Long & Co., Ltd., for the construction of a bridge across Sydney Harbour-the accepted price being £4,217,721 11s. 10d. The tender was for the construction of an arch span of 1,650 ft., and five steel girder approach spans on each side of the harbour, complete with approach piers, the total length of bridge being 3,770 ft. Abutment towers are also provided flanking the main arch at either end, and rising to a height of 285 ft. above mean sea level.