HONG KONG FORMS BRANCH OF INSTITUTION
OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
FIVE months after being formed.
the Institution of Structural En- gineers (Hong Kong Section) has a membership of more than 130 and is actively engaged on its aims of meet- ing the ever increasing demands of the building industry.
The idea of starting a local branch came with the realisation that there were more than 60 chartered struc- tural engineers in the Colony either with the Government or in private practice.
Accordingly, a meeting was conven- ed in the City Hall on August last year at which 38 Members. Associate Members and Graduate Members of the Institution signed a petition to the Council of the Institution, asking for permission to form a Section in the Colony.
The Council duly sanctioned the formation of a Hong Kong Section in October 1963, and an inaugural dinner was held at the Hong Kong Club on December 11 attended by the then Governor (Sir Robert Black) and 115 others.
The officers elected for 1964
were:
Chairman
Mr. S.E. Faber, A.F.C., B.Sc.
M.I. Struct. E.. M.I.C.E.
Vice Chairman
Mr. A. E. Claasen. M. I. Struct. E. Secretary
Dr. C. C. Liao. B. Eng., Ph. D.. A.M.I. Struct. E., A.M.I.C.E.
Members of Committee
Mr. S. L. Au. B. Sc.. M. I. Struct E. Mr. K. T. Philcox. M. I. Struct.
E., A.M.I.C.E.
Mr. W. Szeto. M. I. Struct. E.
M.L.C.E., A.M.I. Mech. E.
Mr. B. Leung, D.I.C.. A.M.L
Struct. E.
Mr. Philcox, who played an im- portant part in the forming of the organisation, summed up its aims by saying that it sought to promote the science and art of Structural Engineering in Hong Kong, and so point the way to sound and econo- mical design and construction buildings.
of
The Institution of Structural En- gineers began as the Concrete In- stitute, founded in London in 1908 to bring together for discussion and common action persons interested in the study and development of concrete. particularly reinforced concrete, which at that time was in danger of being monopolised by firms with their own proprietary systems of construction.
The Concrete Institute was incor- porated in 1909, with the specific objects of developing the design, practice and application of concrete and reinforced concrete. The first Annual Dinner. held in 1911. was attended by 92 people.
In 1912. as steel framed build- ings increased in number. it was proposed that the scope of the In- stitute should be widened
HONG KONG CONTRACTS (From page 140)
142
Particulars
Supply of metal windows, for Police Training School (Stage II).
Aberdeen, Hong Kong
Supply of metal windows for Resettlement Housing at Yau Tong
Bay. Stage 1. (Area "A")
Sinking 4 No Borehole Wells at Urban Services Depot. Sai Yee
Street. Kowloon
Supply and laying of mastic asphalt roofing to Urban Services Depot
at Sai Yee Street, Kowloon
Electrical installation at Library Building. Technical College.
Hung Hom. Kowloon
Supply and laying of mastic asphalt roofing to Resettlement Housing at Sau Mau Ping (Stage 1). Area "A", Blocks 5. 6. 7. 8 and 9 Supplying and laying of mastic asphalt roofing at Tsz Wan Shan Hesettlement Housing. Area "A". Blocks A1, A2, A3 and A4 Supply and installation of 1 No Passenger Lift for Yuen Long
Divisional Police Station
to em-
and
brace structures of all kinds. the title of the body was extended to "The Concrete Institute: an In- stitution for Structural Engineers, Architects, etc."
On September 28, 1922. the Coun- cil voted to change the name of the Institute to the Institution of Struc- tural Engineers, and in November 1922 the first branch was formed (the Lancashire and Cheshire Branch).
The Royal Charter, which guaran- tees the position of the Institution as the recognised national body to re- present the views of Structural En- gineers on the science and art of their calling. was granted in March 1934. Since then the Institution has progressed from strength to strength. until today the membership stands at more than 10.000.
The Institution of Structural En- gineers has been responsible for con- vening many committees for the im- portant task of drafting various British Standard Codes of Practice which cover design and construction in Civil Engineering and Building. The Institution has Branches and Sections throughout the United King- dom, the Commonwealth and South Africa, and Chairs of Concrete Tech- nology/Structural Engineering/En- gineering Structures have been established at Imperial College, Lon- don., the University of Witwaters- rand. Johannesburg., the Manchester College of Science and Technology. and the City and Guilds College, London. The Institution is also re- presented on the governing bodies of a number of colleges of technology and technical colleges in the United Kingdom
Contractor
Amount
$
China Steel Works, Ltd.
30,811
Canton Metal Window Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
7,234
Hong Kong Well Boring & Engineering
Co
29,200
Luen Tak & Co.
23,063
Reiss. Bradley & Co., Ltd.
12.350
43,020
55,186
74,300
Luen Tak Co.
Luen Tak Co.
The Jardine Engineering Corpn. Ltd.
THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER-VOLUME 18, NUMBER 6
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