Building Exhibition at Olympia, London

Abstract

THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY firms and associations have already booked space in the twentieth biennial Building Exhibition which is to be held at Olympia, London, on September 16-30. This number of exhibitors is in excess of the number which exhibited on the last occasion in 1934, and an increase of about 10 per cent in the total number may be expected. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is again to have a large exhibit, and this will cover not only the work of the Building Research Station, but also that of the Forest Products Research Laboratory, Princes Risborough, and the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington. The Building Research Station exhibit will deal with plastering materials; common types of failure caused by using unsuitable material or by faulty construction; concretes, with special emphasis on light-weight concrete; further work on the driving of concrete piles; the measurement of strain on masonry structures; and the weathering of building stone. The work of the Forest Products Research Laboratory illustrated in the Exhibition will deal with the correct moisture content of timbers for various purposes; wood-working, with special reference to new and difficult timbers; and wood preservation and protection against the death-watch and other beetles. The National Physical Laboratory's exhibit will deal chiefly with building acoustical problems, models being shown of typical quiet and noisy rooms. Short-length films are to be shown by the Department on its stands.