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 develope
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- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1939
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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β¦ Synopsis
A dcfinitc iniprcssion, bascd on co1i~~rsiiti011~ with visitors to the lliisciini, is tliitt t h r c hiis bccn 11 grcnt improvement in snfety ctluciition during tlic Iiist fcw years. This is sliowii pnrticulnrly by tlic inore gciicrril desire to gunrtl :igiiinst the siiglitcr nnd inore nbnorninl risks of nccitlcnt wliicli w r c forincrly rcgiirdcd ns ncgligiblc. Tlic publicity given to tlic iicw Fnctorics Act, is, of coursc, inainly rcspoiisiblc for this nttitudc, but the BIuscri~~i c n ~i cliiilli sotnc crcilit, since iiinny visitors coiuc to discuss tlicir problcnis bccriiisc t h y huvc heard from friends or otlicrs t l i i i t this can bc dolic, nnd often tticsc pcoplc do iiot :iwriit tlic visit of i i n Inspector, but cndenvour to Ii1:iltc sure tliiit tltcir p h i t is in ordcr bcforcllnntl. It must not bc ussiiincd tliiit all occupicrs :irc so niindcd, but i t is plciising to.notc thnt this nttitudc is mpidly growing.
The nunibcr of visitors for tlib year was 16,200, nntl this is rouglily cqunl to the previous ye:ir')s figures. When speciiil conditions of industry in 1933 conipnrcd with 1937, involving i~nportiint ntitl urgcnt consitlcrntions of miitters conccrncd with cliungc nnd volunic of output is taketi into account, it is gmtifying to rcalizc that nuiiibers h a w not clccrcnsctl. This sliows too tlint tlie BIuseuin is now well lcnown, nncl that it is acccptcd us providing tlic niiswers to inniiy of the sufcty, hcnltli :id wdfnre problems which nrisc in cvcry works.
A special fceturc of tlic ycnr wns tlic β¬Ionic Oflicc Indiistrinl Blusciitii Eshibition Stnncl n t the 1Sinpirc Exliibition, CI:isgo\v. Tlie stitnd wns equipped with
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