In concluding my inaugural address, I summarise and draw together the threads of my key messages. My route into the professional was not typical. I have reflected on the routes many of our future members may take to embark upon a career in structural engineering and the reasons why this is so important. It takes the Institution on an equally challenging journey, since the needs of members will be increasingly diverse, which will require us to be fleet of foot and imaginative in providing support in many more ways.
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