The Structural Awards 2013; your chance to win the industry’s highest accolade.

The deadline for entry to the Structural Awards 2013 has been extended to Friday 26 April 2013.

Winning an award symbolises your creativity, ingenuity and position as a world-class structural designer at the forefront of the industry.

Find out more about the awards and the entry requirements by visiting the new, dedicated Structural Awards website. You can also view previous winners and commended projects, such as Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge strengthening, which won last year’s Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence.

To enter a project, please complete the entry form before the deadline: Friday 19 April.

If you have any further questions, please contact the Events Team: +44 020 7234 4535 or via email: events@istructe.org

For members unable to attend, the recent lecture on the Titanic Experience Belfast held by the IStructE Republic of Ireland Regional Group in Dublin is available to view by clicking the following link:

The lecture is available in High Definition, and includes the slides. It is worth 1.5 hours of CPD approximately.

The Regional Group committee are piloting this initiate to improve engagement with the members in Ireland and feedback is welcome at info@istructe.ie. We are extremely grateful to RPS and their partners for giving us permission to share this lecture online.

The Regional Group Prize-winning lecture on the Convention Centre Dublin will be held in IT Tralee on Wednesday 10 April 2013. The Branch is hosting the event, in association with Engineers Ireland, An Ríocht.

Abstract:
The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) centrally located on Spencer Dock on the north bank of the River Liffey in Dublin City Centre is Ireland’s new world-class, purpose-built international conference and event venue. The CCD with its iconic status combined with spacious, flexible and elegant conference halls, leading-edge technology and an extensive range of support services will provide an exceptional venue for Irish and International conferences and corporate events,. The Centre caters for all types of events, from large conferences and product fairs for up to 8,000 delegates, as well as for Award Ceremonies, Gala Dinners, Board Meetings, Breakfast Meetings, Training Sessions and Seminars, Christmas Parties, Press Launches etc.

Speaker:
Ken Moriarty, BSc, CEng, MIEI, MIStructE, Director, O’Connor Sutton Cronin Multidiscipline Consulting Engineers has worked with O’Connor Sutton Cronin for over sixteen years and has a wealth of experience in Structural Engineering working on a wide variety of complex structures and deep basements which have included, for example, office developments at Mespil/Burlington Road and Herbert Street, in addition to the iconic Convention Centre Dublin development. Ken is a Chartered Structural Engineer and is a recipient of the European Concrete Societies Network (ECSN) award for his role in the National Gallery of Ireland Extension in 2004.

A flyer is available for download here.

Date: 10 April 2013
Time: 18:00 Tea & Coffee served, Lecture at 18:30
Location: Sólás Building, North Campus, Institute of Technology Tralee

The Irish Architecture Foundation is proud to present Open House Dublin, the biggest celebration of architecture in Ireland. Open House Dublin 2013 will take place from 4 to 6 October 2013. Over one weekend, almost 100 buildings of all types and periods will open up their doors to allow citizens and visitors to explore the architecture of their city, with special tours by hundreds of professionals and enthusiasts, completely for free. Further details can be found here.

The Structural Engineer is the Institution’s flagship publication and we welcome your input on its continual improvement.

The Structural Engineer has published 15 monthly issues in its “new” format. Now is a good time for us to look objectively at what the publication is currently offering members and subscribers – and what we can do in the future to ensure that it remains interesting and relevant to you.

The questions cover the publication itself, as well as a few questions regarding its affiliated products, such as The Structural Engineer Jobs and the recently launched e-newsletter.

The survey is available here and should only take 5-10 minutes to complete. As a thank you for your time, we’ll enter you into a draw to win one of three prizes of £100 worth of Amazon vouchers. The survey will be available online until Monday 8 April, so please don’t delay in telling us your thoughts whilst entering into this great prize draw!

Your responses and personal information will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be supplied to any 3^rd parties.

The Structural Awards 2013; your chance to win the industry’s highest accolade.

Winning an award symbolises your creativity, ingenuity and position as a world-class structural designer at the forefront of the industry.

The deadline for entering the Structural Awards 2013 is quickly approaching; please make sure you have submitted your project by Friday 19 April for your chance to win one of the 13 awards.

Find out more about the awards and the entry requirements by visiting the new, dedicated Structural Awards website. You can also view previous winners and commended projects.

To enter a project, please complete the entry form before the deadline: Friday 19 April.

If you have any further questions, please contact the Events Team: +44 020 7234 4535 or via email: events@istructe.org

Abstract
The structural design team (RPS) behind the Titanic Experience Building will present an overview of the complex engineering aspects of project. The building design itself is highly distinctive with the architects drawing inspiration from the geometry of the Titanic with each façade replicating four 30m high hulls. The facts and figures surrounding this project are fascinating. The entire building provides 14,000 square metres of exhibition space. The construction of the structural foundations required the largest concrete pour (4,200 cubic metres) to date on the island. The building contains some of the world’s longest spanning escalators at 25m. Quite simply, it is one of the most extraordinary buildings ever constructed in Ireland. The Independent described the building as “a structure as monumental as the ship it commemorates” and the Huffington Post noted that is was “awe inspiring at each step”. Within six months of its opening in 2012, the building had attracted in excess of 500,000 visitors making it one of the most popular attractions on the island. Further details about the building may be found at www.titanicbelfast.com.

A flyer is available for download here.

Venue: Rm 281 DIT Bolton St.
Date: Tuesday, 12 March, 2013
Time: Reception: 18:00, Lecture: 18:30

The 2013 Annual Dinner of the Republic of Ireland Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers will be held in Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, on Friday, 15 February 2013, at 7.30 p.m. (black tie).

The Annual Dinner is the principal social event for members and we would like to welcome all members in groups, or as individuals. The Regional Group extends a warm welcome also to members’ guests, colleagues, partners, and friends.

The Regional Group Committee is confident that the function will be well supported, and that as many members as possible can meet the President of the Institution in 2013, Mr YK Chen, as well as many other notable guests from Ireland’s construction industry.

To confirm your place please use the Annual Dinner Reservation Form 2013. It can be posted, or scanned and emailed to:
Dr Colin Caprani,
Dept. of Civil & Structural Engineering,
Dublin Institute of Technology,
Bolton St.,
Dublin 1.
Email: colin.caprani{at}dit{dot}ie
Phone: 01-402-2993.

Date: 15 February 2013
Time: 19:30 for dinner at 20:00 (black tie)
Location: Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2

The Republic of Ireland Regional Group is pleased to present a lecture on Vibration Serviceability Assessment of Footbridges by Dr Stana Živanović of University of Warwick. This lecture will be sure to be of interest to practitioners, students, and researchers on the behaviour (both measured and theoretical) of structures under human-induced vibration.

The lecture will follow the Regional Group AGM on Tuesday 11 December 2012, as follows:

• 1800 – RoI Regional Group AGM
• 1900 – Reception
• 1930 – Lecture

Abstract: Successful vibration serviceability assessment of footbridges relies on reliable estimates of: 1) expected traffic scenarios, 2) dynamic forces induced by pedestrians, 3) dynamic properties of the structure, and 4) human response to vibration. This talk will first address main features of walking locomotion which is a key source of dynamic loading on footbridge structures. Historical development of the models of walking-induced dynamic loading will be presented, starting with simple harmonic models to modern day probabilistic models. Then the gradual improvement in the design guidelines for vibration serviceability evaluation of footbridges that reflects the research developments over the last decade will be commented, and critically evaluated. Finally, the current challenges in modelling pedestrian interaction with vibrating footbridges as well as modelling vandal loading will be addressed briefly through presenting the research developments under way at the University of Warwick.

The Speaker: Dr Stana Živanović completed her PhD in the field of vibration serviceability of civil engineering structures at University of Sheffield. She has worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Professors Brownjohn and Pavic in developing software for vibration assessment of structures. She has conducted numerous vibration performance tests on problem structures such as footbridges, floors and stadia across the UK and abroad. Since 2009 she is Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering at the University of Warwick where she is developing the Humans and Structures Laboratory for studying interactions between people and the built environment.

A flyer for the event is available for download here.

Venue: The Michael O’Donnell Theatre (Rm 259) DIT Bolton St
Date: Tuesday, 11 December, 2012
Time: 18:00 for AGM, 19:00 Reception, 19:30 Lecture

Abstract
The structural design team (RPS) behind the Titanic Experience Building will present an overview of the complex engineering aspects of project.  The building design itself is highly distinctive with the architects drawing inspiration from the geometry of the Titanic with each façade replicating four 30m high hulls.   The facts and figures surrounding this project are fascinating.  The entire building provides 14,000 square metres of exhibition space.  The construction of the structural foundations required the largest concrete pour (4,200 cubic metres) to date on the island.  The building contains some of the world’s longest spanning escalators at 25m.  Quite simply, it is one of the most extraordinary buildings ever constructed in Ireland.  The Independent described the building as “a structure as monumental as the ship it commemorates” and the Huffington Post noted that is was “awe inspiring at each step”.  Within six months of its opening in 2012, the building had attracted in excess of 500,000 visitors making it one of the most popular attractions on the island.  Further details about the building may be found at www.titanicbelfast.com.

This event is being jointly held by the IStructE (RoI Regional Group), Engineers Ireland, and the Irish Concrete Society.

A flyer is available for download here.

Venue: Millennium Hall, City Hall, Cork
Date: Tuesday, 27 November, 2012
Time: 18:30