The Symposium 'Towards a Better Built Environment - Innovation, Sustainability, Information Technoloy', Melbourne, 8 -13 September 2002, was organised by the Australian Group of IABSE and the Institution of Engineers in Australia. It attracted 400 participants from 38 countries.
This volume brings together the ever recurrent themes of innovation, sustainability and information technology, which are addressed in eighteen session themes:
Information Technology / Sustainability / Environment / Innovative Bridges / Innovative Buildings / Construction / Management / Earthquake Engineering / Lifetime Performance / Inspection, Testing and Monitoring / Strengthening and Repair / FRP Strengthening and Repair / FRP Structures/ Concrete Materials / Concrete Structures / Metal Structures / Timber, Masonry and Glass Structures / Research.
15 Keynote and 204 papers are presented:
Keynote Lectures:
- How do we Solve this Problem? Aftermath of 9/11
Ron Klemencic, USA
- Information Technology for Civil Engineering
Peter. J. Pahl, Germany
- Beyond Simulation
Ian F. C. Smith, Switzerland
- The Realities of Sustainability
John Richardson, Australia
- The Greening of a Structural Engineering Office
Robert Silman, Helena Meryman, USA
- Oeresund Link - not just a Bridge
Peter Lundhus, Denmark
- Quality, Risk and Price Competition
Peter Miller, Australia
- Capturing Innovation and Living with Risk
John Nutt, Australia
- Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Materials in Bridge Construction
Thomas Keller, Switzerland
- Improving Our Built Environment in Seismic Regions
Loring A. Wyllie, Jr, USA
- Conceptual Design of Structures in Developing Countries
C. R. Alimchandani, India
- New Japanese Code for Environmental Impact Reduction in Structural Design
Tada-aki Tanabe, Ikuo Sugiyama, Keitetsu Rokugo, Japan
- Using New Technologies to Monitor and Assess Old Structures
William J. Nugent, Mark Moore, USA
- A Survey of Recent Major Arch Bridges
Holger S. Svensson, Wolfgang Eilzer, Gerhard Seifried, Germany
- The Role of Large Research Projects in Structural Engineering
Helmut Wenzel, Austria
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Melbourne Symposium Report - Vol 86 (book and CD)
15 Keynote Lectures and 204 contributions in English
Book: 2 pages abstract per contribution
CD: 6 pages full contribution
470 pages
Format: 170 x 240 mm
ISBN: 3-85748-107-2
Published: September 2002
Price (book and CD):
IABSE Members: CHF 68.-
Non-Members: CHF 118.-
Including mailing costs.
