The Institution of Structural Engineers is a British

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for

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s. In 2021, it had 29,900 members operating in 112 countries. It provides

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and publishes a magazine, '' The Structural Engineer'', which has been produced monthly since 1924. It also has a research journal, ''Structures'', published by

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History

The Institution gained its

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in March 1934. It was established at the Ritz Hotel, London on 21 July 1908 as the Concrete Institute, as the result of a need to define standards and rules for the proper use of

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in the construction industry. H. Kempton Dyson was one of the founder members and the first permanent secretary.The role and influence of the Secretaries of the Institution of Structural Engineers 1908–1961
by John Dougill, 2003 On 22 February 1909, the Institution was incorporated under the Companies Acts 1862-1907 as a company limited by guarantee not having a capital divided into shares. It was renamed the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1922, when its areas of interest were extended to cover 'structures' of all kinds. By 1925 the Institution had 1,700 members and has continued to grow over the years. It has fifty groups worldwide. The first woman member to be elected as an Associate member was

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in 1926. It took until 1947 for Mary Irvine to be the first women to be elected a Chartered Member, and until 1954 when Marjem Chatterton was the first woman elected as a Fellow.

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