New publications spring 2016

New publications from the areas: steel construction and building physics.

Geomechanics and Tunnelling 01/16

Manuscripts in the current issue deal with several remote measurement technologies and illustrate their broad spectrum of application in geomechanics. These include satellite-based InSAR surveys to assess ground deformations at two tunnel construction sites in Italy, and geomechanical mapping of tunnels using 3D LiDAR combined with thermography.

Special offer 2016

Ernst & Sohn is offering a discount on selected English books.

You can take advantage of 20% off the regular price for all orders until 30th June, 2016.

IMPORTANT: Order code is EUS20

Click here to see the full list of available titles.

Mauerwerk - European Journal of Masonry 01/16

This issue is the Proceeding of the German Masonry Congress on the 19^th and 20^th of January in Darmstadt.

Cover Story: The Darmstadt Artists' Colony on the Mathildenhöhe with its buildings, public gardens, and works of art is a unique ensemble of experimental creation. It is an extraordinary document of the transition from Art Nouveau to Modernism in architecture, fine and applied arts, inspired by the International Reform Movement at the beginning of the 20^th century. (s. p. 90 a. 91)
_{(Photo: © Andrew Chambers / Dreamstime.com )}

Reading Recommendation:

• Mauerwerk-Kalender 2016 Schwerpunkte: Baustoffe, Sanierung, Eurocode-Praxis
• Bauphysik-Kalender 2016 Schwerpunkt: Brandschutz
• Package: Performance Based Building Design Vol. 1 & 2
• Solution Sets for Net Zero Energy Building

Become a member of the OEGG

With an annual membership with the ÖGG - Austrian Society for Geomechanics interested civil and structural engineers can take part in different sections: rock mechanics and rock engineering, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, tunnelling or engineering geology.

Memberships can be combined with a membership to the ISRM (International Society for Rock Mechanics) and serve their members a lot of advantages. The subscription of the bi-monthly professional journal Geomechanics and Tunnelling is included. In addition to the printed copy you will receive online access to the journal articles on Wiley Online Library.

For more information on the benefits and how to apply please see the ÖGG website.

fib membership benefits 2016

The fib -fédération internationale du béton is offering annual memberships for interested civil and structural engineers on an annual basis.

Memberships are offered as individual and corporate memberships and have a lot of advantages for the joining members. One big advantage is the included subscription of the professional journal Structural Concrete which is published quarterly. In addition to the printed copy you will receive online access to the journal articles on Wiley Online Library.

For more information on the benefits and how to apply please see the fib website.

Your ECCS membership advantages

The ECCS - European Convention for Constructional Steelwork is offering annual memberships for all civil and structural engineers, especially in the field of steel construction.

Memberships are offered as individual, company and associate memberships and offer a broad variety of benefits for the joining members. One key advantage is the subscription of the quarterly published journal Steel Construction - Design and Research. In addition to the printed copy you will receive online access to the journal articles on Wiley Online Library.

For more information on the benefits and how to apply please see the ECCS website.

Mauerwerk - European Journal of Masonry 06/15

Cover Story: The listed Waterways and Shipping Office being built in the year 1895 is located on the Kiel- Holtenau sluice island, was restored by preserving its historic appearance and renovated energetically. Lastly, the old building, built in Wilhelminian brick architecture, did not fulfil the requirements for a modern office and administration building any more. (s. p. 487 to 490 ).
_{(photo: Ulrich Hoppe, Hamburg)}

Geomechanics and Tunnelling 06/15

News about the Southern line - current state, processings and challenges of the Baltic-Adriatic corridor

• Koralmbahn quo vadis – Current state of the new Koralmbahn line and essential milestones
• Granitzta tunnel chain - Current state
• St. Kanzian tunnel chain - Current state of design and construction
• Semmering Base Tunnel - Approval and contracts

Structural Concrete Issue 04/15

Cover Story: The 2.815 m long, four-lane Laguna Bridge, also known as the Anita Garibaldi Bridge, will be Brazil’s third longest bridge and will significantly improve the transport connection from north to south to other South American countries. (© DSI, see pp. A5f.)