IABSE Symposium Report - Rio de Janeiro 1999 In designing and building Structures for the Future, structural engineers have to constantly keep in mind the Search for Quality. This reaffirms the great responsibility that structural engineers carry, to build safe and durable structures to serve society.
Ten sessions addressed the Symposium's theme. They were introduced by keynote lectures:
Durability and Robustness / Aesthetics / Sustainability / Maintenance and Reliability / Monitoring / Serviceability / Design Criteria / Rehabilitation and Preservation / Information Technology / Construction
Keynote Lectures:
- Creation, Maintenance and Management of the World's Assets: Appropriate Quality and Technology for the Future
Peter Head, UK
- Aesthetics and Structural Design
Armando Rito, Portugal
- Sustainability and Civil Engineering: From Concept to Action
Jorge Vanegas, USA
- Life-Cycle Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Structures; What do we need to know?
Kynichi Maruyama, Japan
- Quality Assessment and Damage Detection by Monitoring
Helmut Wenzel, Austria
- Performance-Based Design of Structures for the Future
Steen Rostam, Denmark
- Adequate Design Criteria: The Key Issue to Attain Project Quality
Nelson S. Galgoul, Brazil
- Rehabilitation: The Chance for Extending the Life of Structures
Aleksandar Pakvor, Yugoslavia
- Information Technology in Practice- Exploiting Potentials
Rade Hajdin, Switzerland
- Quality, Erection Speed, Cost Reduction: Keys for the Future of Civil Engineering
Jacques Combault, France
The CD-ROM enclosed in this book contains the full version of the contributions (corresponding to 12 pages for each Keynote Lecture and 8 pages for each paper and poster).
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Rio de Janeiro Symposium Report - Vol. 83
155 contributions in English
336 pages, and 156 illustrations
Format 170 x 240 mm
ISBN 3-85748-100-6
Published: August 1999
Price (for Report and CD-ROM):
IABSE Members: CHF 45.-
Non-Members: CHF 75.-
Including mailing costs.
