Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers : Vol. 12 (1959).

It contains of news, papers on the proceedings of the institution of civil engineers from January to April 1959 (Vol. 12).

(Jan, 1959) A message from the President. News : Election of Council (Nominations). Subscriptions and income tax relief. Students liaison officers. Alfred Yarrow Educational Fund. Rockefeller Foundation Bursaries in Public Health Engineering. April 1959 examinations. Charles Hawksley Prize Competition, 1959. Hogsmill Valley Sewage Works by A. J. Woodford. Subjects for Papers. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Toronto Joint Area Committee. Joint Oversea Groups. Binding of the Proceedings. Geotechnique. Candidates for election. Transfers, elections and admissions. One hundred years ago. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to Loan Library. Forthcoming events : Annual dinner, 1959. Ordinary meetings. Association of London Graduates and Students. Local Associations : Edinburgh and East of Scotland. Glasgow and West of Scotland. Midlands. North Western. Northern Counties. Northern Ireland. South Wales and Manmouth. South Western. Southern. Yorkshire (including Hull and E. Riding). British Conference on Automation and Computation : Faraday lecture, 1958 - 1959. Joint Symposium. Changes of address. Correspondence with the Institution. Sales agents for the Proceedings. British Nuclear Energy Conference. Papers : Preliminary planning for a new tube railway across London by F. S. P. Turner. Automatic analysis of steel-framed structures under fixed and varying loads by Jacques Heyman. Construction of a large experiment tank at Haslar by J. W. Hunter, A. C. Little, J. D. Hacon. The design and construction of the Avon Dam by J. M. L. Bogle, R. M. Ross, Thomas McMillan. (Feb,1959) Round Table Conference on Overseas Highway Problems, 1958. The Forth Road Bridge. Remedial works to scour pipe, Alwen Reservoir by K. M. Vine-Lott. Bradwell Nuclear Power Station by D. J. Westall. B. E. A. Engineering Base Development, London Airport by R. C. Souza. News : New Year Honours. Subjects for Papers. Rockfeller Foundation Bursaries in Public Health Engineering. Geotechnique. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Candidates for Election. Fifty years on the Roll of the Institution. Transfers, elections and admissions. One hundred years ago. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Forthcoming Events : Supplementary meeting on Traffic Engineering. Ordinary and Supplementary meetings. The Association of London Graduates and Students. Local Associations : Edinburgh and East of Scotland. Glasgow and West of Scotland. Midlands. North Western. Northern Counties. Northern Ireland. South Wales and Monmouth. South Western. Southern. Yorkshire (including Hull and East Riding). British Conference on Automation and Computation. British Nuclear Energy Conference. Papers : Development in overhead electrification of railways as it affects the civil engineer by R. E. Sadler. A study of the bank-full discharges of rivers in England and Wales by Marshall Nixon. The use of the freezing process in the construction of a pumping station and storm-water overflow at Fleetwood, Lancashire by D. R. Ellis, Joseph McConnell. Structure of aircraft service depot at Gatwick for Transair Ltd. by W. J. M. Haines and A. J. Harris. Wind action on a water surface by J. R. D. Francis. St. James's park Bridge by Francis Walley. (Extract). (Mar,1959) News : Civil Engineering Scholarship Trust. Engineering Divisions. Toronto Joint Area Committee. Joint Oversea Groups. Middle East Joint Oversea Group. Charles Hawksley Prize Competition, 1959. Rockefeller Foundation Bursaries in Public Health Engineering. Full houses for Christmas Lectures. Subjects for Papers. Geotechnique. Binding of the Proceedings. Association of London Graduates and Students. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Candidates for election. Fifty years on the Roll of the Institution. Transfers, elections and admissions. Fair Copying Declaration. Correspondence with the Institution. Changes of address. Cards of admission to meetings. Sales agents for the Proceedings. One hundred years ago. Correspondence (T. A. O'Neill). Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Forthcoming events : Annual dinner, 1959. Conversazione. Informal meeting. Ordinary and Supplementary meetings. Association of London Graduates and Students. Brains Trust. Visits to Works : British European Airways Engineering Base Development, London Airport. General conditions of visits. Local Associations : Edinburgh and East of Scotland. Glasgow and West of Scotland. Midlands. North Western. Northern Counties. South Wales and Monmouth. South Western. Southern. Yorkshire (including Hull and E. Riding). British Nuclear Energy Conference. Papers : Economics of framed structures by L. R. Creasy. The design and construction of the Hogsmill Valley drainage scheme by J. T. Calvert, E. A. Lees, H. F. Thompson. Clifton Bridge, Nottingham : initial design studies and model test by R. M. Finch, A. Goldstein. Clifton Bridge, Nottingham : design and construction by R. M. Finch, A. Goldstein. A project for extending the Nigerian Railway into Bornu Province by Sir Ralf Emerson. (Apr,1959) The place of the university in the education of civil engineers (Belfast Conference report). Collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge, Vancouver by Ralph Freeman, J. R. H. Otter. News : Awards for Papers. Subjects for Papers. Closing dates for written discussion on Papers. Christmas lectures. Town-roads for today-and tomorrow. Institution publications. Geotechnique. International Conditions of Contract. The Association of London Graduates and Students. Candidates for election. Fifty years on the Roll of the Institution. Transfers, elections and admissions. Correspondence with the Institution. Changes of address. One hundred years ago. Library : Recent additions. Recent additions to the Loan Library. Forthcoming events : Conversazione. Supplementary meeting : discussion on floods. Informal meetings. Ordinary meetings. The Association of London Graduates and Students. Competition for Institution Medal and Premium (London University). Visits to works. Local Associations : Edinburgh and East of Scotland. Glasgow and West of Scotland. Midlands. North Western. Northern Counties. Northern Ireland. South Wales. South Western. Southern. Yorkshire (including Hull and E. Riding). British Nuclear Energy Conference. Fair Copying Declaration. Papers : A study of the movement of moored ships subjected to wave action by R. C. H. Russel. Research and its application to road construction by J. M. Fisher, A. R. Lee, R. S. Millard. The Cape Town Wemmershoek water scheme by S. S. Morris.