The 17tth IABSE Congress 'Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure', Chicago, September 17-19, 2008, attracted 668 participants from 54 countries.

The Report with CD has been published, including Keynote Lectures and Presentations addressing the Following Topics:

Tall Buildings - Bridges - Infrastructure: Design Challenges; Learning from Experience; Creative Design and Construction; Engineering as a Global Profession.

Keynote Lectures:

• 'The Structural Design of the Worlds Tallest Structure',
  William F. Baker, USA
• 'Engineering for Climate Change - the Adaptation Challenge and the Role for Engineers'
  Peter Head, UK
• 'Personal Involvement in Early US Cable-Stayed Bridges'
  Holger Svensson, Germany
• 'New Trends and New Models for Analysing Dynamic Interactions'
  Christian Cremona, France
• 'Appropriate Seismic Regulations for Urban Structures'
  Loring A. Wyllie, Jr., USA
• 'Sutong Bridge - A Cable-Stayed Bridge with Main Span of 1088m'
  Qingzhong You, China
• 'Past, Present and Future: Trends, Drivers and Challenges in Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat'
  Antony Wood, USA

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'Creating and Renewing Urban Structures – Tall Buildings, Bridges and Infrastructure'

7 Keynote Lectures and 253 Contributions in English
Book (short version) and CD (full length)
634 pages

Format 170 x 240 mm
ISBN: 978-3-85748-118-5
Published: September 2008

Price (book and CD)
IABSE Member CHF 80.-
Non-Members CHF 140.-

Including mailing costs