Construction men study new ways to engineer timber

✍ Scribed by R.H.O.

• Book ID: 104132978
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1942
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 49 KB
• Volume: 234
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/s0016-0032(42)90427-7

✦ Synopsis

Construction Men Study New Ways to Engineer Timber.-Engineers employed by the various construction companies in and near Seattle, Washington, are going back to school to learn the latest methods of timber engineering. Their professors are men who have had specialized experience in the newly developed techniques of engineering in timber developed by the growing acceptance of the Teco Connector System of timber construction. The "course" is the idea of Chester Hogue and T. K. May, both of West Coast Lumbermen's Association, and J. B. Dodge of the Northwest Bolt and Nut Company. Nearly 4°engineers attended the first meeting of the "class" at the U. S. Engineers Office, Seattle, and according to Professor Dodge they have since been plying him with questions on how to apply the Teco Connector System to their specific construction problems. Between 4o and 5o engineers from the Siems Drake Spokane Company, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, and the Associated Shipbuilders attended the second night school session. R. H. O.