75th Anniversary of Klaus Knothe

In his 1967 dissertation Klaus Knothe already concerned himself with finite elements - which would eventually become the core of Computational Mechanics and for which he never lost interest.

Josef Steiner, Partner at Ingenieurgruppe Bauen, retiring

Josef Steiner completed his career on December 31st, 2011, as oldest partner at Ingenieurgruppe Bauen. His farewell into retirement represents a turning point for the company's history.

22nd Bridge Symposium

Bridges - they connect and overcome. They connect people, overcome obstacles and sometimes they cause a sensation – be it for their technical prowess or because of public scandal. Both are the relatively rare moments where the works of civil engineers that remain inconspicuous otherwise come into the focus of public interest.

Conference discount for Ernst&Sohn readers

Ernst and Sohn is a partner of Asia’s largest transport infrastructure conference this year: The 3rd annual Bridges Asia and 3rd annual Tunnel Design & Construction Asia happening together from 28th – 29th February 2012 in Hong Kong.

Bridge design & engineering magazine

Bridge design & engineering (Bd&e) is the only magazine exclusively dedicated to the international bridge industry. A visually stunning quarterly magazine, Bd&e includes details of the latest innovations, technical features, interviews and project reports

Keep up-to-date in Mechanised Shield Tunnelling

During the past years, machine tunnelling has been increasing its market share continually. Challenging project boundary conditions and difficult geotechnical situations as well as densely built-up inner cities result in a significant development of the machine technology.

Gerhard Hanswille - 60th Anniversary

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Hanswille is highly estimated by his colleagues. So much so that they initiated a Festschrift in his honour: Some of these excellent contributions have been published in a special issue of Stahlbau (Steel Construction).

60th anniversary of Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald S. Müller

Laudation by Harald Budelmann - published in Beton- und Stahlbetonbau 1/2012.

On December 16, 2011 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald S. Müller turned 60 years old. Good enough of a reason to congratulate him and to look at his professional achievements in civil engineering.

Book presentations "Cable-Stayed Bridges - 40 years of experience worldwide" in February 2012

Lectures on cable-stayed bridges by author Holger Svensson at the TU Munich and at the book shop Karl Krämer in Stuttgart.

The events are free of charge. Please let us know if you will attend.

Geomechanics and Tunnelling Issue 6/2011

Cover Story: The Châtelard access tunnel for the Nant De Drance pumped storage power station was driven in 2009.