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

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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.

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Inspired by Success: Volkwin Marg's 75th Birthday on 15.10.2011

Laudation by Knut Göppert - published in Stahlbau 10/2011.

Inspired by the successes that our office (schlaich bergermann und partner) had with our light roof structures in the 1990s, I met Volkwin Marg and his team in 2000 in the course of planning the refurbishment of Berlin's Olympic Stadium. For me right then began a new era of cooperation with architects, the architects of gmp – von Gerkan, Marg und Partner, in designing large-scale sports venues.

Book Review: Planen und Bauen mit Trapezprofilen und Sandwichelementen. Gestaltung, Planung, Ausführung

Jörg Lange

The second book of this trio of authors ties in with the successful first volume published in 2004. A great number of constructive details and building requirements are dealt with primarily, but also – where necessary – it adds to and expands on sections of the first book.

Tunnel boring machine for the Orlowski Tunnel achieves new world record

The diameters in mechanised tunnelling have been increasing steadily for years – now a leap to over 19 m has been achieved.

Preview of the 60th Geomechanics Colloquium in 2011

On October 13th and 14th, 2011, the Austrian Geomechanics Association is holding its 60th Geomechanics Colloquium in its usual venue, the Salzburg Congress Centre. This year's colloquium is dedicated to Professor Ernest H. Weiss, who passed away on October 20th, 2010. The former Chair for Construction Geology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna with his exceptional powers of observation and highly developped sense for geological conditions provided important contributions to the development of the field of geomechanics.

Klaus Berner's 70th Birthday

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Berner turned 70 on July 23rd. After studying civil engineering at the TH Karsruhe and working for several years in the free economy, he began working as a research assistant in 1974 at the Institute for Statics and Steel Construction of Darmstadt Technical University where he found his true calling.

Hans Jürgen Kärcher's 70th birthday

Dr.-Ing. Hans Jürgen Kärcher celebrated his 70th birthday at MT Mechatronics.