Investigation into the Destruction by Fire of a Concrete Warehouse

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

A SPECIAL meeting of the Institution of Structural Engineers was held at 10, Upper Belgrave Street, London, S.W.1, on Thursday, May 7th, 1931, at 6.30 p.m., when the subject of “The Practical Design of Steel Compression Members” was discussed. Mr. R. H. Harry Stanger, F.C.S., A.M.Inst.C.E. (President of the Institution) was in the chair.