Dr.-Ing. Markus Wetzel elected as new BVPI president

The members assembly of the Federal Association of Supervisory Structural Engineers (BVPI) elected Dr.-Ing. Markus Wetzel as their new president at the annual meeting in Dresden. He follows Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Andrä, who has been the president since 2005 and in this time has brought the profession of supervisory engineer to Europe.

Stahlbau (Steel Structures) Issue 10/2012

Cover Story: (article in German, abstract in English.) The Trianel Project, Lünen coal-fired power station in a bird's eye view: in focus are the machine house and the boiler steelwork.

Review from Chinese experts for Holger Svensson´s Cable-Stayed Bridges

Prof. Haifan Xiang and Dr. Yaojun Ge, both Tongji University in Shanghai, China, published a review on Holger Svensson´s book Cable-Stayed Bridges:

" [...] In conclusion, Prof. Svensson, with his 40 years productive and successful experiences, contributed to us the colorful development process of cable-stayed bridges, and annotated the quintessence of design and construction of modern cable-stayed bridges in his book. [...]"

A Report about the Huangpu Pearl River Northern Channel Bridge, Guangzhou – the longest single-pylon cable-stayed bridge span in China

In our journal Steel Construction - Design and Research, issue 1/2012, this enormous structure was featured. Read more about the key project on the second ring highway of Guangzhou, China. You can learn about the tender design, the final design and the construction of the bridge, including foundation, pylon and main girder.

Featured on Structurae: The Shard

Designed by Renzo Piano and inaugurated recently on July 5th, "The Shard" in London's borough of Southwark towers over its surroundings like no other building in the city or even Europe. At 309.6 meters this skyscraper has officially become Europe's tallest building and the UK's second-tallest free-standing structure.

Rockfalls and slope slides - issues to be delt with

The current issue of Geomechanics and Tunnelling sheds light on the experience and research in Austria, Switzerland and Germany regarding rockfalls and slope slides. The article by Thuro and Bundschuh for instance highlights a small but spectacular rockfall in Stein an der Traun which caused the death of two people and triggered many questions regarding prevention and observation.

Steel Construction issue 3/2012 dedicated to Nordic Steel in Oslo

The August-issue of Steel Construction is dedicated to the leading conference Nordic Steel in Oslo. It features the best 8 papers that were submitted to the committee and will be part of the delegates bag.

New Version of Structurae Now Online

Since 13 July 2012 www.structurae.de, one of the largest databases for structures of bridge, civil and structural engineering with monthly page views of around one million, is now available in a completely new version.

Italy underground

Urban tunnelling has become a necessity in densely populated areas. The current issue of Geomechanics and Tunnelling shows how major cities in Italy have encountered the challenge.

The Shanghai Oriental Sport Center - SOSC

A new sports park has been built in Shanghai in immediate vicinity of the EXPO exhibition ground, for the FINA World Swimming Championship, which took place in the summer of 2011. A completely redesigned landscape park comprises three sports venues as well as a large press and administration centre.