Hurren, Langman & James Engineers [Business Correspondence] Collection

Contains business and personal correspondence related to the work of structural engineering firm, Hurren, Langman and James Engineers. The three partners of Hurren, Langman and James were sometimes separated whilst working in the field on interstate jobs. In the days before electronic mail, letters and telegrams were the best way to correspond as the telephone service was sometimes of doubtful quality.

This series contains letters from and to the partners and their associates, in which they discussed personalities, job prospects and work underway on projects all around Australia. They pioneered the use of the Innes-Bell system of hollow floor tiles, which was incorporated in to many Adelaide buildings with a consequential saving in building price.

本数据集收录了结构工程事务所赫伦、朗曼与詹姆斯工程师事务所（Hurren, Langman and James Engineers）相关业务的商务与私人往来函件。该事务所的三名合伙人有时会因赴跨州现场开展项目而分隔各地。在电子邮件尚未普及的年代，由于电话服务质量时常难以保障，书信与电报便成为了最佳通信方式。

本数据集所收录的函件系列涵盖了该事务所合伙人及其合作伙伴之间的全部往来书信，信中内容涉及人员情况、项目机遇以及全澳各地正在推进的工程进展。该团队率先采用了因斯-贝尔空心楼板系统（Innes-Bell hollow floor tile system），该系统被应用于阿德莱德的诸多建筑之中，由此实现了建筑造价的可观节约。