IABSE Webinar: Second Generation Eurocodes

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The Eurocodes are European standards specifying how structural design should be conducted within the European Union (EU). Their development started 1990 by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) upon the request of the European Commission. Eurocodes were taken officially in use 2006–2010 in each EU country. The second generation of the Eurocodes are currently under development by CEN/TC250 and planned to be in use 2026–2028. It is evident that Eurocodes have influenced huge number of engineers in EU countries, but as being a detailed and modern design standard, also influenced indirectly projects and developments elsewhere.  The webinar is targeted to give insight how the second generation of the Eurocodes are developed, managed and reviewed.

 Speakers:

Prof. Steve Denton, UK, being elected to his third term 2018 Professor Steve Denton is long-standing Chairman of CEN/TC250. He is Visiting Professor of University of Bath and works as Head of Civil, Bridge and Ground Engineering in WSP in the UK. His experience covers engineering, strategic consultancy, research and construction. He has been advisor to multiple clients and government in the UK. Among his other engagements, Steve has been involved in developing national and international design standards on the past two decades.

Dr. Mariapia Angelino, UK is technical reviewer of all parts of the 2nd generation Eurocodes. She works as Associate in the WSP Bridges department in the UK. Mariapia got her Engineering Doctorate (EngD) Degree from University of Bristol on the research related to developing better design standards for the construction industry. In addition to her involvement in CEN/TC250 activities, she provides technical consultancy and research services in the field of development, implementation and application of standards and standardisation systems at national and international level. She led the consultancy work for Highways England to redevelop about 400 standards for the UK strategic road network, contributing to vision, strategy and implementation plans.

Dr. Risto Kiviluoma is Chair of the Finnish Group of IABSE. Starting from the ICT Conference 2008 Helsinki he has long experience on arranging and moderating international IABSE events in Finland. The conference was followed by the Workshops 2013, 2015 and 2017 related to the safety, failures and robustness of structures. Over the 28 years of professional carrier Risto has done his main research and consultancy activities in the field of wind engineering of bridges. He has also teach general bridge engineering in three occasions including the Professor of Practice term at Aalto University 2013–2018. Risto works as Technology Director, Bridges, WSP in Finland.