So little written information still exists, which prevents a realistic understanding to be formed about why those first Engineers considered it was the right time and thought it had become necessary to put together the building blocks to construct this new Institution.

The people involved, dates and certain events after 1897 are known and documented, so this webpage will collate these facts with LINKS that present them separately.

In 1897 people with an engineering background from all branches of the H&V industry, Contractors, Consultants and Manufacturers came together to form and become members of this fledgling Institution. The membership in those early years was approx 40.