SZ/MOW - Ministry of Works, Scientific Advisory Committee
Reference code
SZ/MOW
Level of description
Series
Title
Ministry of Works, Scientific Advisory Committee
Date/s
1943-1951
Quantity & Format
7 boxes
15 files
15 files
Subject
Building
United Kingdom. Ministry of Works. Scientific Advisory Committee
United Kingdom. Ministry of Works. Scientific Advisory Committee
Creator
Picard, Jean-Luc
Scope and content
Minutes, papers and correspondence, 1945-1949. Also minutes, papers and correspondence relating to the Ministry of Works Advisory Council on Building and Civil Engineering Research and development, 1948-1949.
The Scientific Advisory Committee was set up in April 1945 under the chairmanship of Professor J.D. Bernal to
"advise on and to suggest lines of scientific research in relation to matters for which the Minister of Works is responsible...
To suggest, having regard to existing research organisations in Government Departments, Universities and Industry, where this research could best be carried out; and to keep it under review to ensure that it is properly correlated.
To advise on the practical possibilities and further development of the results of current research, whether carried out at the instance of the Minister or otherwise, and from time to time to review from the scientific point of view the results of such development" [S.C. (45)1, Terms of Reference, 24.4.45].
SZ was a founder member of the Committee.
The Scientific Advisory Committee was set up in April 1945 under the chairmanship of Professor J.D. Bernal to
"advise on and to suggest lines of scientific research in relation to matters for which the Minister of Works is responsible...
To suggest, having regard to existing research organisations in Government Departments, Universities and Industry, where this research could best be carried out; and to keep it under review to ensure that it is properly correlated.
To advise on the practical possibilities and further development of the results of current research, whether carried out at the instance of the Minister or otherwise, and from time to time to review from the scientific point of view the results of such development" [S.C. (45)1, Terms of Reference, 24.4.45].
SZ was a founder member of the Committee.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/MOW - Ministry of Works, Scientific Advisory Committee
- SZ/MOW/1 - Agenda and Minutes
- SZ/MOW/2 - Documents
- SZ/MOW/3 - Correspondence
- SZ/MOW/4 - Building Industry Sub-Committee
- SZ/MOW/5 - Building Materials and Structures Sub-Committee
- SZ/MOW/6 - Building Requirements Sub-Committee
- SZ/MOW/7 - Education & Public Relations Sub-Committee
- SZ/MOW/8 - National Consultative Council of the Building & Civil Engineering Industries
- SZ/MOW/9 - Ministry of Works Parliamentary Secretary's Committee on Research
- SZ/MOW/10 - Advisory Council on Building and Civil Engineering Research and Development
- SZ/MOW/11 - Ministry of Works Statistical Bulletin, June 1945 - July 1946
- SZ/MOW/12 - Building Science Abstracts, November 1945 - March 1947
- SZ/MOW/13 - Ministry of Works Library Accessions Lists nos 1 - 2, 1945, and Bulletin vol. 1, nos 21 - 24, 1945
- SZ/MOW/14 - Post-War Building Studies, nos 1 - 16, 18-19, 23, 1944-46
- SZ/MOW/15 - British Standards for Building Materials and Components. BS Handbook no. 3, 1944, and Supplement, 1945