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SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SOCIETIES 



N. Y. Term expires May 31, 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Ronald S. Ryner. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1948. Forty-six chapters 

 throughout the United States. 



Purpose: To foster and promote the interests 

 of persons, firms, groups, associations, corpora- 

 tions, and others engaged in any phase of the 

 business of writing, preparing, compiling, or in 

 any way utilizing specifications in the construc- 

 tion and allied industries ; to promote improved 

 specification practices in the construction and 

 allied industries ; to gather, compile, and analyse 

 statistics and information relating to or useful 

 in the conduct of such activities ; to engage in 

 research and study of any and all problems and 

 aspects of specification writing ; to establish and 

 maintain the Institute as a clearinghouse of 

 technical information on specifications for the 

 fabrication and installation of construction ma- 

 terials and equipment ; to promote closer rela- 

 tions and cooperation among its members and 

 chapters. 



Membership: Active Members, individuals 

 concerned professionally with specifications and 

 documents used in connection with the design, 

 construction, maintenance, and equipment for 

 construction projects; Associate Members, per- 

 sons using specifications in purchasing or pro- 

 curing construction materials and equipment, or 

 engaged in selling construction materials and 

 equipment, or in mining, processing, or manu- 

 facture of such products, or individuals engaged 

 in contracting in construction or related enter- 

 prises ; Junior Members, individuals such as 

 draftsmen, clerks, and others interested in 

 specification writing, but not in responsible 

 charge of work ; Student Members, graduate or 

 undergraduate students in recognized archi- 

 tectural or engineering schools ; Honorary 

 Members. Total membership 4,600. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Honorary member- 

 ships ; fellowships to members ; awards for 

 numerous activities, such as specifications com- 

 petitions. 



Publications: Construction Specifier, monthly, 

 current volume : 13, $12. Editor : Carl J. Ebert. 



575. Construction Surveyors Institute. 101 Park 



Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. Executive 

 Secretary: G. Szmak. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized in Chicago, June 1926, as 

 American Institute of Quantity Surveyors ; 

 name changed to present title 1946. 



Purpose: To unite professional surveyors and 

 their associates for scientific development, pro- 

 motion, preparation, and performance of survey- 

 ing services. 



Membership: Fellows, professionally engaged 

 in consultation, instruction, or practice of sur- 

 veying, analyzing, appraising, attesting, and 

 supervising construction; Associates, students, 

 apprentices, or mechanics indirectly or subordi- 

 nately engaged in tabulating, measuring, 

 assaying, accounting, auditing, estimating, or 

 evaluating of construction. Total membership 

 approximately 100. 



Meetings: Annual. 



576. Consulting Engineers Association of New 



Mexico. 13130 Central Street, E., Albuquer- 

 que, N. Mex. President: Fred J. Fricke. Term 

 expires April 30, 1961. Secretary-Treasurer : 

 Robert Uhl, 213 Truman Street, N. E., Albu- 

 querque, N. Mex. Term expires April 30, 

 1961. 



History: Organized November 8, 1956. Be- 

 came member of Consulting Engineer's Council 

 (National) May 1957. 



Purpose: To develop high standards of pro- 

 fessional performance and ethics, and to advance 

 professional and economic welfare of members, 

 and their value to the public. 



Membership: Principals in consulting engi- 

 neering firms. Total membership 11. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



577. Consulting Engineers Council. 322 Reisch 

 Building, Springfield, 111. President: Hueston 

 M. Smith, 4010 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis 

 8, Mo. Term expires April 1961. Executive 

 Secretary: Larry N. Spiller. Term indefinite. 



History: Founded July 1956; incorporated 

 February 1958. Council is active member of 

 Federation Internationale des ingenieurs- 

 conseils. National Council of State Boards of 

 Engineering Examiners, and Engineers Joint 

 Council. 



Purpose: To enhance the professional and 

 economic status of individual engineers in private 

 practice and to protect the public. 



Membership: Open to registered professional 

 engineers who are owners, partners, or partici- 

 pating principals in private firms offering 

 engineering services on a fee basis with no 

 commercial affiliations. Total membership 1,621. 



Meetings: Semiannual. 



Professional activities: Publication of stan- 

 dard documents and forms for use of consulting 

 engineers ; promotion of engineering registration 

 through model registration law ; and publication 

 of a Manual of Practice for the professional 

 guidance of engineers in private practice. Spon- 

 sorship in member associations of annual Engi- 

 neer of the Year awards. 



