Correspondence Reinforced Concrete Bridges

The Chairman, Mr. GOWER PIMM, said that he was sure that members had been deeply interested in Mr. Owens' paper. He (the chairman) had considerable experience in the use of reinforced concrete pile foundations, and was therefore able to appreciate the conditions which led up to the use of them in this instance.

The Adjudicators of the Dorman Long Travelling Scholarship had an extremely candidate difficult task in deciding the awards this year as the general standard of the entries was a very high one. Thirty-seven candidates took part in the Competition, the first half of which was held on June 20th, at ten different centres in Great Britain, namely, London, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne,Swansea and Middlesbrough.

The importance of close co-operation between the Architect and the Structural Engineer cannot be over-emphasised, as only in this way can the maximum economy of construction and adequate artistic expression be attained. S. Willis