National Research Council

Announcement is made by Chas. M. Upham, Director of the Advisory Board on Highway Research of the National Research Council, that C. A. Hogentogler of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads, has been granted leave of absence in order to conduct for that Board a fact-finding survey of the economic value of reinforcement in concrete pavements. This survey is to be national in scope, and will be conducted in cooperation with agencies interested in this important subject. It is proposed to cover the various soils, traffic and climatic conditions throughout the United States.