- ACI - American Concrete Institute, founded in 1904 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, USA, is a technical and
educational consensus organization whose purpose is to advance engineering and technical education, scientific
investigation and research, and development of standards for the design and construction of concrete structures.
- ADRC, Asian Disaster Reduction Center, Japan.
- Agrement, South Africa: Established in 1969. Its primary business is the certification of non-standardized construction
products.
- AIJ, Architectural Institute of Japan.
- AISC - American Institute of Steel Construction, headquartered in Chicago, is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade
association established in 1921 to serve the structural steel design community and construction industry in the United
States. AISC’s mission is to make structural steel the material of choice by being the leader in structural-steel-related
technical and market-building activities.
- ASI -Australian Steel Institute was formed in 2002 by the merger of Australian Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and
Steel Institute of Australia (SIA). The new body is Australia’s peak steel industry association, completely focused on
serving the industry interests and the steel sector’s future success.
- ATC, Applied Technology Council: This organization is quite active in many earthquake fields and has produced many
reports and conference proceedings in the last few years.
- AWS - American Welding Society was founded in 1919 as a multifaceted, nonprofit organization with a goal to advance
the science, technology and application of welding and related joining disciplines. From factory floor to high-rise
construction, from military weaponry to home products, AWS continues to lead the way in supporting welding education
and technology development to ensure a strong, competitive and exciting way of life for all Americans.
- Blume Center, Stanford University: This site contains a wealth of information in the forms of reports and articles.
- CAEE - Chinese Association for Earthquake Engineering: The objective of the Association is to promote nationwide
cooperation in the field of earthquake engineering through interchange of knowledge, ideas, research results and
practical experience among scientists and engineers, to popularize the knowledge of resisting earthquake to the people
in seismic area and to strengthen the international friendship and cooperation between scientists and engineers of China
and other countries.
- California Seismic Safety Commission: Established in 1975, its main task is to investigate earthquakes, make research on
earthquake-related issues, and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature of California. It has published
many reports on earthquake engineering.
- CCAA - Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia is the peak body representing the interests of Australia's five billion
dollar cement, pre-mixed concrete and extractive (quarrying) industries. CCAA is a not-for-profit organisation.
- CCANZ, Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand.
- SEAOC - The Structural Engineers Association of California. SEAOC's mission is to advance the structural engineering
profession; to provide the public with structures of dependable performance through the application of state of the art
structural engineering principles; to assist the public in obtaining professional structural engineering services; to promote
natural hazard mitigation; to provide continuing education and encourage research; to provide structural engineers with
the most current information and tools to improve their practice; and to maintain the honor and dignity of the profession.
SEAOC is divided into 5 different organizations.
- CERI, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, the University of Memphis: This site contains useful information on
recent earthquakes.
- CIB, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction: established in 1953 to stimulate and
facilitate international cooperation and information exchange between governmental research institutes in the building
and construction sector.
- CISC - Canadian Institute of Steel Construction is the national industry organization representing the structural steel,
open web steel joist and steel platework fabricating industries. CISC operates as a technical, marketing and government
relations organization. CISC promotes good design and safety, together with efficient and economical use of steel as a
means of expanding the construction markets for structural steel, joists and platework. CISC services encompass,
amongst others, information services related to design and costing of steel structures and preparation of design aids
such as the Handbook of Steel Construction and marketing activities to promote the use of steel in construction.
- CISN, California Integrated Seismic Network: This site contains useful information on recent earthquakes.
- COMET, Centre of Observation and Modeling of Earthquake and Tectonic, England: COMET is a collaborative centre
involving scientists from three universities: the University of Oxford, University College London, and the University of
Cambridge. COMET scientists use satellite observations to model how the Earth's crust has deformed.
- Concrete Centre, UK: The Concrete Centre is the central development organisation for the UK cement and concrete
industry. Its aim is to assist all those involved in design and construction to realise the full potential of concrete.
- Concrete Institute of Australia is an independent, non-profit organisation made up of many members who share a
common interest in staying at the forefront of concrete technology, design & construction throughout Australia.
- CRSI - Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute — Founded in 1924, the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) is a trade
association that stands as the authoritative resource for information related to steel reinforced concrete construction.
Serving the needs of architects, engineers and construction professionals, CRSI offers many technical publications, design
aids, software programs, educational seminars, promotional activities, membership functions and design award programs.
- CUREE: Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering. This site contains, among other material,
information on structure in architecture and recommendations for earthquake resistance in the design and construction of
wood frame buildings.
- Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo: Established in 1924, its main task conducting scientific research on
earthquake and volcanic eruption.
- ECCS - European Convention for Constructional Steelwork is the federation of the National Associations of Steelwork
industries and covers a worldwide network of Industrial Companies, Universities and Research Institutes. The aim of
ECCS is to develop the market for constructional steel in the service of its members by reaching consensual views on
Eurocodes and standards, Products and technologies, Education and training methods, Merits of steel construction,
Qualification of enterprises and Environmental aspects.
- EUCENTRE, European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering, Italy: The primary mission of
EUCENTRE is the development of applied research and carrying out training personnel in the field of seismic engineering.
- FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency, USA: The primary mission of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
is to reduce the loss of life and property from all hazards, including natural disasters.
- IAEE - International Association for Earthquake Engineering was established in February 1963 with its Central Office in
Tokyo. The IAEE aims to promote international cooperation among scientists and engineers in the field of earthquake
engineering through interchange of knowledge, ideas, and results of research and practical experience.
- ICC: The International Code Council (ICC) was established in 1994 to produce a single set of comprehensive and
coordinated national model construction codes for USA. Since then, it developes many of the codes used in construction
industry. ICC-ES is as a subsidiary of the ICC, and it works as a leading agency in evaluating building products for
compliance with code. Click here for more information about ICC-ES.
- ICI - Indian Concrete Institute, is a registered professional body of more than 8500 individuals and organizations from
India, devoted to betterment of structural concrete and interested in the advancement of concrete and construction
technologies, concrete products, Research & Development and Technical education.
- IRIS Seismic Monitor: Developed by IRIS Consortium, U.S. Geological Survey, University of Colorado, and Reel Illusions Inc.
It provides information on global earthquakes around the world.
- JCI - Japan Concrete Institute): The Institute, as the parent body for promoting research concerning concrete, has the
purpose of carrying out investigation and research on concrete, reinforced concrete, other types of concrete and various
materials and equipment related to concrete, and through coordination of investigations and research and dissemination
of the results, aims to further research and advances in technology concerning concrete.
- Mid-America EQ, Mid-America Earthquake Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: A research Center founded in
1997. Since then, it has published many reports on earthquake engineering.
- NAHB Research Center: Created in 1964 as a subsidiary of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), USA. The
aim of this organization is to improve the Quality and Affordability of Housing.
- NEES, George Brown Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Program of the National Science Foundation: NEES is
a shared national network of 15 experimental facilities, all linked by the ultra-high-speed Internet2 connections of
NEESgrid.
- NZSEE - New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering: The New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering was
formed in April 1968, and through study projects, seminars, conferences, and publication of the BULLETIN, has made a
significant impact on attitudes and practices for earthquake engineering.
- PEER, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, University of California, Berkeley: Plenty of information on different
topics of earthquake engineering can be found in PEER's reports. Earthquake records can be found in the PEER Strong
Motion Database. Papers, reports and other information on performance-based seismic design are also available online.
- SCI - Steel Construction Institute), UK, is an independent, technical, member-based organisation, which was founded in
1986. The objective of The Steel Construction Institute is to develop and promote the effective use of steel in
construction. SCI offers technical services to all professionals within the steel construction industry. SCI is probably the
world's largest research and technical organisation supporting the use of steel in construction.
- SESOC - Structural Engineering Society New Zealand: The objective of SESOC is to promote the science, art and practice
of structural engineering; to ensure the advancement and dissemination of knowledge relating to structural engineering
and to provide a forum for structural engineering practitioners to communicate amongst themselves and to the public at
large.
- SSSS - Singapore Structural Steel Society was formed with the objectives of constituting an association of engineers,
architects, industrialists and others concerned with and interested in the analysis, design, construction, research and
other aspects of structural steels. The Society provides a forum for its members, guests and others, for discussion,
education, collaboration and other mutually beneficial activities including seminars, invited lectures, short courses, and
publications.
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