Professional standards, guidance, standard forms etc used by Harry Diack in his studies and early career.

Provides a standard procedure for how the Bill of Quantities shall be prepared and priced, and how the quantities of work will be expressed and measured.

Published by the Institution of Civil Engineers, reprinted 1974.

Handbook looking at the application of discounting to the decision process in building, and the techniques of Cost-In-Use, Private Investment Appraisal, and Cost benefit Analysis and how and when they are applied.

Published by the Ministry of Public Building and Works.

Reprinted extract from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Handbook providing a systematic plan of work for architectural design teams.

Code providing a systematic approach to providing building estimates.

Published by the Institute of Building, third edition.

Practical handbook providing details on how copper sheet and strip are used for flashings and weatherings of all normal types.

Published by the Copper Development Association, tenth revised impression.

Picture of R. D. Young, chair of Albert Herbert Ltd in un-named newspaper at the opening of its new branch office in Glasgow. R. D. Nicholson of the Institution of Production Engineers, is in the far left of the picture.

Report, or educational assignment, by an un-named author taking Dundee as a case study for anticipating management problems for introducing a new light engineering industries in an area with skills in traditional industries of textiles and heavy or medium engineering including shipbuilding.

The letter provides an update on the course the prize now applies to, and also on the current BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering course.
Dr J. Low is the son of J. N. Low

Thanks Prof Martin for his letter and expresses gladness that the prize is still awarded for Mechanical Engineering. Gives an indication of J. N. Low’s character and his vision in seeing the need for production engineers.