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.

Baustatik: Analyse & Synthese von Tragstrukturen in Praxis und Forschung

After Christmas Ernst & Sohn will publish the book Baustatik ("Structural Analysis") by Peter Marti, Professor for Structural Engineering and Concrete Structures at the ETH Zürich.

Geomechanics and Tunnelling - Sample Copy

Geomechanics and Tunnelling, the journal for engineering geology, rock and soil mechanics, foundation engineering and tunnelling. Official journal for ÖGG members.

20-ton concrete block caught in a rockfall protection net

In the test field for rockfall protection nets in Walenstadt, the research institute Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft (WSL) in collaboration with Geobrugg AG set a new world record on the 10 October 2011.

Statiker-Tage and Eurocode 6

From November 3rd to December 8th the Wienerberger Statiker-Tage will be held again. This nationwide continuing eduction event provides new insights and knowledge of codes and product innovations in masonry construction to structural engineers and building physicists.

Teaching Award for Professor Jörg Lange

Prof. Jörg Lange, Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering and Geodesy of Darmstadt Technical University, was awarded the first Ars legendi prize for teaching excellence.

Harald Unterweger appointed as professor

As of July 2011, Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Harald Unterweger was appointed Professor of Steel Construction at the Technical University of Graz.

Holger Svensson's book on cable-stayed bridges presented

On September 29th, 2011, Ingenieur Baukunst e.V. presented Holger Svensson's book on cable-stayed bridges „Schrägkabelbrücken weltweit – 40 Jahre Erfahrung“ in cooperation with the Technical University of Berlin and Ernst & Sohn, Josef Seiler (Chair of Ingenieur Baukunst e.V.), Mike Schlaich (TU Berlin, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schlaich (University of Stuttgart, Schlaich Bergermann und Partner), Karin Lang (General Manager of Ernst & Sohn), and the author himself provided for a very entertaining evening attended by more than 150 guests.

Update on the Introduction of EC 6

Download the article from Mauerwerk 5/2011 for free.

Werner Seim

EC 6 is coming. To be exact, with DIN EN 1996-1-1, DIN EN 1996-1-2, DIN EN 1996-2 and DIN EN 1996-3 a whole slew of new codes and regulations is coming. And just that package - including the National Annexes it will be about 450 pages long - makes it clear that design and construction of masonry structures is not going to become any clearer. The old codes DIN 1053-1 and DIN 1053-3 (excluding fire safety) were only 32 and 8 pages long, respectively.