IABSE SYMPOSIUM VANCOUVER 2017 (ePDF)

The built environment is becoming increasingly complex, and we face ever-growing expectations by society that our infrastructure and buildings must provide exceptional performance over a long service life. The 39th IABSE Symposium provides a platform to the world’s structural engineers to share their experiences with contemporary structures and their vision for the future. The conference theme “Engineering the Future” is highly relevant today when the solutions have to be engineered using innovative technologies and past experience in a way that is economical, robust and enhances the sustainability of the built environment. The Symposium enables the participants to actively discuss practical topics related to the structural engineering of buildings, bridges and other civil infrastructure.