"Engineering the Future"

Taking responsibility for the future means building structures that can fulfil their roles over a long service life. This requires us to understand innovative technologies that are being used in structures today, and those that will see increased use in the years ahead. It also means that we must learn from the past, understand issues surrounding existing structures, and facilitate rational approaches to the assessment, rehabilitation, strengthening or repurposing of our existing infrastructure. We must continually explore and adopt new rational design and analysis methodologies, including performance-based design concepts that have gained prominence in recent years to deal with conventional and extreme actions alike. The Symposium aims to explore these areas for all structure types, including buildings, bridges, civil infrastructure and other essential structures that make up the built environment.

Topics that will be addressed under the overall symposium theme include:

• Innovations in Structures
  • New methods of design
  • Analysis and modeling techniques
  • High-performance materials
  • Novel structural systems
  • Hybrid and composite construction
  • Innovative construction methods
  • Modular and pre-fabricated construction
  • Accelerated bridge construction
  • Information technology
  • Aesthetics in structural design
  • Alternate project delivery models
  • Other breakthrough technologies
  • Case studies
 
• Existing Structures into the Future
  • Evaluation and assessment techniques
  • Codes of practice for existing structures
  • Structural health monitoring
  • Extending the service life of existing structures
  • Enhancing the durability of structures
  • Climate change adaptation
  • Sustainability
  • Reducing seismic risks
  • Strengthening and repurposing of structures
  • Forensic engineering
  • Historical structures
  • Learning from eminent engineers
  • Case studies
 
• Performance Based Design
  • Establishing design criteria
  • Reliability and risk in structural design
  • Relationship of performance based design to traditional codes
  • Serviceability of structures
  • Design for durability
  • Beyond the 100 year design life
  • Dampers, isolators and structural control systems
  • Natural and man-made hazards
  • Taller, longer and lighter structures
  • Aerodynamics of bridge decks
  • Wind effects on tall buildings
  • Advances in seismic design
  • Design for soil-structure interaction
  • Building resilient infrastructure
  • Case studies