| Conference / Seminar |
| 16 - 18 May, 2011, Turkey (North Cyprus) |
 Call for Papers for coming 10th International Steel Space and Composite Structures Conference (SS11)
Organized by: Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. Turkey
Venue: North Cyprus (location to be advised)
Submissions are now invited and abstracts (of about 300-400 words) may
be sent to the Conference Director Er. John S Y Tan at email:
ci-p@cipremier.com
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| 2010 to 2011, Worldwide |
CI-Premier Conference Announcement– 2010 to 2011
The list of forthcoming CI-P conferences for your information and I invite your participation.. |
| 15 - 17 December 2010, HK |
13th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS 13)
This Symposium is considered the principal showcase for tubular structures and the prime international forum for discussion of research, developments and applications in this field. The conference would be of interest to manufacturers of hollow sections or related... |
| 27 August 2010 (Friday), HK |
One-day Symposium - Contemporary Seismic Engineering 2010
Traditionally and currently, seismic design is not required in design of building structures in Hong Kong and inertia loads due to seismic motion are not needed for consideration in local structural design codes. After the 512 earthquake in Sichuan, China, the public and professional in Hong Kong begin to reconsider whether or not there is a need of considering earthquake scenarios in Hong Kong. The Mainland Chinese seismic design code GB50011-2001for seismic design ... |
| 28 May 2010 (Friday), HK |
Advanced Facade Engineering and Technology 2010
In sequel to the successful 1st symposium of Advanced Façade Engineering and Technology in 2006, this 2nd
symposium is organized after 4 years of practice and research in this specialist field of engineering. Over the
years, building facades have evolved from being a simple weatherproofing shield to an interactive skin
encompassing many other functions covering areas such as energy conservationy... |
| 27 May 2010 (Thursday), HK |
Seminar on engineering and management perspective on performance-based fire engineering design premises
Performance-based fire engineering design is widely adopted around the world as a means of providing alternative fire safety design solutions in buildings. There are about 500 buildings adopting this approach in Hong Kong. Yet there is no control regime to monitoring the on-going fire safety performance of this type of premises. While performance-based fire engineering designs are rested on series of presumed operation environment, any changes beyond the... |
| 14 May 2010 (Friday), HK |
Seminar on Construction Products Certification: Tested in Hong Kong, Certified in Hong Kong
The Seminar provides a forum for information dissemination by local professionals and experts on construction products certification to enhance the quality of products. Cantonese will be used... |
| 12 May 2010 (Wednesday), HK |
Sharing and exchange session on fire safety of heritage buildings in Taiwan
Upon successful completion of the Taiwan Heritage Tour 2010, the Hong Kong Institute of Steel Construction (HKISC) would like to specially organize a session on fire safety of heritage buildings in Taiwan in order to share and exchange the precious knowledge and memorable experience acquired from this Tour. The sharing and exchange session will comprise 2 hours. It is our great pleasure to invite honourable... |
| 30 April 2010 (Friday), HK |
Practices of Demolition of Buildings in Hong Kong
Demolition of buildings has been a subject of attention by the building professionals and the public. In coming years, quite many old
buildings are expected to be demolished and the safety of the operation is of paramount importance.
This Seminar aims to provide a technical platform for experts mostly involved in the drafting of the handbook for demolition of buildings
to be published by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers for sharing of their know-how in the subject. Topics on demolition
methodology, procedures,... |
| 25 - 28 February 2010, Taiwan |
Technical Visit on Fire Safety of Heritage Buildings in Taiwan, China
In order to promulgate the fire safety provision in heritage buildings for sustainable
development, a technical tour to Taiwan will be organized by the Fire Group of The Hong Kong
Steel Construction Institute (HKISC) to explore how a balanced approach is adopted in
preserving heritage buildings while complying complying with the current fire safety... |
| 16 - 18 December 2009, HK |
6th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures
This is the sixth sequel conference to be held in Hong Kong on such topics, and is intended to
provide a forum for discussion and dissemination by researchers and designers of recent advances
in the analysis, behaviour, design and construction of steel, aluminium and composite
steel-concrete structures...
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| 7 November 2009, HK |
Technical Seminar on Fire Assessment of Construction Projects
Fire is one of the major and common risks in construction projects, which may cause catastrophic damages. It will not only delay the completion date of the projects, but also result in serious monetary losses. It could even cause injuries and fatality. Fire risk assessment is a proactive approach in fire safety management for prevention of fire. It provides ... |
| 7 September 2009, HK |
Forensic Engineering - Investigations and Lessons Learnt from Structural Failures
Construction failures which may carry a considerable price tag for developers, consultants and contractor in terms of structural rehabilitation and loss of business or life could well lead to dispute and litigation process. Successful diagnosing of cause of failures, assessing its consequences, and presenting the findings convincingly are important to this process. Investigation details of... |
| 8 - 10 July 2009, Leeds, UK |
ASCCS 2009 9th International Conference on Steel Concrete Composite and Hybrid Structures
The aim of the conference is to bring together academics, researchers and practitioners in the field of steel concrete composite construction. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants to (i) review recent achievements in the advancement of knowledge and understanding in this field, (ii) share the latest trends and developments, and... |
| Friday, 26 June 2009, HK |
Use of Structural Steel Materials in Buildings and Construction
The theme of the Symposium will be on "The Use of Structural Steel Materials in Buildings and Construction, Hong Kong". With the full implementation of the Code in September 2007, there are queries and feedbacks on the use of steel materials with respect to the selection criteria of steel, the classification system, steels manufactured to different regional reference materials... |
| Wednesday, 10 June 2009, HK |
1-day Course on the Wind Load Determination of Buildings in Hong Kong
Wind tunnel test is frequently employed in Hong Kong as an alternative of the use of Hong Kong Wind Code to obtain the design wind load. Wind tunnel test and the analysis of its results involve several factors which may not be familiar to structural engineers. The aim of the course is to provide the practicing engineer with an in-depth understanding of the background knowledge and the know-how of using the wind tunnel test results in the structural design of ... |
| Wednesday, 20 May 2009, HK |
Half-day laboratory visit - Fire Testing in Hong Kong
Testing is an important activity for prescriptive and performance-based fire engineering. RED is the first and currently the only accredited laboratory for fire testing of structural and non-structural elements. This laboratory visit is to allow the attendance to visualise more the operation, purpose and set-up of fire testing practice in Hong Kong. The visit will be inaugurated by a professor in fire research and engineering, Ir Prof. W.K. Chow, Chair Professor of Architectural Science... |
| Friday, 3 April 2009, HK |
專題講座: 樓宇消防安全特使計劃
香港消防處於二零零八年推出[樓宇消防安全特使]（特使）計劃，目的是為香港市民提供一個更安全的居住環境，以及一個更遼闊的溝通平台。計劃希望能協助市民懂得如何關心自己居住或工作的樓宇的消防安全。同時亦希望能幫助他們懂得如何實踐樓宇消防安全。特使計劃的目標在於提升本港私人樓宇的消防安全水平... |
| Friday, 27 February 2009, HK |
Fire Safety Performance Design and Approach in China
Fire Safety Performance Design and Approach has recently been widely adopted in China. The speaker will introduce the Chinese Fire Code and outline the development of Fire engineering approach in China. He will also introduces... |
| Wednesday, 4th February 2009, HK |
Second-order analysis & material control to Code of Practice for the Structural Uses of Steel 2005 Hong Kong
The Code of Practice for the Structural Uses of Steel 2005 Hong Kong has already been in use in Hong Kong for the design of steel structures. The material control and the second-order analysis, being the two cutting edges ... |
| Friday, 3rd October 2008, HK |
Use of Structural Hollow Sections
With the increasing awareness of BS EN specification in the wake of the fade-out of BS4360 on 1 September 2007 for the construction industry in Hong Kong, the BS EN specifications for steel hollow sections such as BS EN 10210:2006 and BS EN 10219:2006 become more popularly used in the industry... |
| Monday, 16th June 2008, HK |
Review of Research in Design and Analysis of Scaffolding
This seminar reviews the research conducted throughout the last thirty years to analyse scaffold structures. Following a historical survey the analysis techniques developed to deal with the semi-rigid connections between standard and horizontal members in combination with the non-linear force-lateral displacement P-δ and P-Δ effects are presented. A summary of the... |
| Monday, 2nd June 2008, HK |
Second-order analysis & design of steel frames to Code of Practice for the Structural Uses of Steel 2005 Hong Kong
The Code of Practice for the Structural Uses of Steel 2005 Hong Kong, has been in use in Hong Kong for design of steel structures. Second-order analysis has been applied as a versatile and more reliable design tool than the first-order linear analysis and This seminar is about the second-order analysis and connection design of steel frames to the code with an introduction to the... |
| Tuesday, 27th May 2008, HK |
Third International Seminar on Recent Developments of Fire Protection in Structures 2008
This is a sequel to the Second International Seminar on Recent Developments of Fire Protection in Structures held in 2006. The Seminar is intended to provide a forum for information dissemination by local and overseas
professionals and researchers on recent advances in fire engineering/protection technologies. The invited lectures cover advanced fire engineering design of new buildings, methods to upgrade fire safety of existing buildings... |
| 5 - 7 December 2007, Singapore |
ICASS 2007: Fifth International Conference on Advances in Steel
This is a sequel to the first to third international conferences on "Advances in Steel Structures" held in Hong Kong and the fourth in Shanghai in 2005. The conference is intended to provide
a forum for discussion and dissemination by researchers and designers of recent advances in the analysis, behaviour, design and construction of steel, aluminium and composite structures... |
| Tursday, 13rd December 2007, HK |
3-hour Technical Seminar " Designing Composite Structures to EN1994-1-1 (Eurocode 4)"
Today designers are utilising the combined use of steel and concrete material in the form of composite construction as an attractive alternative to steel or RC structures. Designers of steel structures also acknowledge that the presence of concrete slabs could be designed compositely with steel beams in order to increase both flexural strength and stiffness at virtually no extra cost, except for the cost of the headed shear studs... |
| Monday, 10th December 2007, HK |
Evening seminar on High Performance Steel Rebar
(Free of charge/1 hour CPD)
Current shear wall & columns design for high rise buildings typically utilizes grade 460 bar. Due to high
wind loads on tall structures, shear walls contain high concentration of bars. Many problems occur in placing
the bars, forming the walls and pouring the concrete that lead to unconsolidated concrete. A more practical and elegant solution for compression columns is to... |
| Friday, 23 November 2007,HK |
Hong Kong Fire Protection Association Grand Opening Ceremony
The aims of HKFPA are: (i)To facilitate the exchange of information and views, promote the relationships and
better understanding amongst the Fire Protection Suppliers as well as other
professionals in the fire protection market... |
| 22 Nov 2007,HK |
消防工程學研討會
為增進消防人員及建築工程界人士的學術知識以及增加同業交流的機會,香港消防處及消防工程師學會(香港分會)現定於2007年11月22日在香港富豪九龍酒店舉辦"消防工程學研討會",研討會的內容主要是探討消防工程學在國內及香港的應用,發展和前瞻... |
| 6,20 November 2007,HK |
Housing and HKICA Joint Seminar
Environmental Management Seminar (Free of charge)
Date : 6 Nov 2007 (Day 1) & 20 Nov 2007 (Day 2)
Time : 9:00 am – 12:15 pm
Venue : 10/F Lecture Theatre,
Housing Department Headquarters
33 Fat Kwong Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowlloon |
| 10-12 October 2007, Yantai, China ; 14-15 October 2007 Beijing, China |
9th International Conference on steel space & composite structures
The 9th International Conference on STEEL, SPACE and
COMPOSITE STRUCTURES is especially exciting as we will be
having 2 sessions held at 2 prestigious venues, both at close
proximities to each other. On 10-12 Oct 2007, Yantai University
situated on the north eastern coast of China in
Shandong province will host the opening session. On 14-15 Oct
2007, Tsinghua University in Beijing will host the closing session
of SS07... |
| Monday, 27th August 2007 |
One hour Technical Seminar "Damage Assessment of Structures"
In the 21st century it has and will become increasingly important to optimise the performance of both new and existing structures. Some engineering structures, such as aircraft landing gear, are designed to be fault-free, whilst others, such as highway bridges, are designed to be fault-tolerant. For both extremes, it is vital to have appropriate techniques for damage assessment, both in test conditions and for the duration of service life... |
| Friday, 24 August 2007 |
3 CPD hour technical seminar on"An Introduction to Code of Practice for the Structural Uses of Steel 2005, Hong Kong"
To develop a technology driven and knowledge based society, the Hong Kong Buildings Department commissioned a Consultancy Study to carry out reviews of the structural steel design practice in Hong Kong and overseas with a view to draft a new code for the Structural Use of Steel. The new “Code of Practice for Structural Uses of Steel Hong Kong 2005” (the Code) was promulgated on 25th August 2005 and will be fully implemented on 1st September 2007.... |
| 24-27 July 2007, St Catherine's College, Oxford University. |
| 6th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures(ICSAS07) |
| 30 July – 1 August 2007, Manchester,UK |
Third International Conference on Steel and
Composite Structures (ICSCS07) 30 July – 1 August 2007 Manchester, UK
After great successes of the 1st (ICSCS’01 in Pusan,
Korea) and 2nd (ICSCS’04 in Seoul, Korea) International
Conference on Steel and Composite Structures,
ICSCS’07 will be held in Manchester, UK from 30 July
to 1 August 2007... |
| Friday, 6 July 2007 |
Recent advances in codified design methods 2007
The Code of Practice for the Structural Uses of Steel Hong Kong 2005 is to be used in September this year. Like many other design codes, it allows a performance-based design approach which permits the use of advanced and new design methods. This seminar is about the recent advances in concept and application of advanced computer methods for economical and safe design of steel structures .... |
| Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
A Preliminary Discussion on Fire Safety Aspects of Supertall Buildings
Many supertall buildings were constructed in the Far East. Fire safety provisions specified in the prescriptive
code might not be adequate, as in-depth research on the topic is not yet demonstrated. Consequently, fire safety
in there might be a concern.... |
| Wednesday, 28 March 2007 |
Standard Fire Tests for Building Structures
In Hong Kong, the prescriptive approach is still widely regarded as the fundamental method assuring fire resistance construction, and assuring building compartmentation... |
| Friday and Saturday, 2nd and 3rd March 2007 |
Technical Visit to Fire/Curtain Wall Testing Laboratories and
Earthquake Engineering Test Centre in Guangdong, China
2, 3 March 2007
Latest development, testing and research on fire engineering, curtain wall engineering, and earthquake engineering will be introduced in
this technical visit... |
| Friday, 5th January 2007 |
Fixing , bonding and joining technology in steel buildings & facade 2007
Bonding, jointing, adhering and fixing are important components in a high performance steel structure and facade.
However, durable design and fabrication of steel and facade structures are not simple and generally available in
literatur... |
| Friday, 8 December 2006 |
| Symposium "Second International Symposium on Cold-formed Metal Structures" |
| December 8-10, 2006 India |
| 2nd Int. Congress on
Computational Mechanics & Simulation (ICCMS-06) IIT Guwahati,
December
8-10, 2006 |
| Thursday, 23-24 November 2006,Shanghai,China |
| 第四屆海峽兩岸及香港鋼結構技術交流會 |
| Friday, 10 November 2006 |
| CPD OPEN SEMINAR "Passive Fire Protection Systems vs Active Fire Protection Systems – Which One is Better?" |
| Friday and Saturday, 3, 4 November 2006 |
| Advances in Fire Testing and Codifications
3, 4 November 2006 |
| Tuesday, 29 August 2006 |
CPD OPEN SEMINAR "Integration of Structural Engineering into Fire Engineering Design"
( Download seminar notes)(Photo gallery) |
| Saturday, 15 July 2006 |
| CPD OPEN SEMINAR "Structures in Fire:
The value of full scale Cardington fire tests to the structural engineers and the
use of finite element analyses in structural fire design" |
| Tuesday, 8 June 2006 |
| CPD OPEN SEMINAR "Concept of Passive Fire Protection and Its Applications" |
| Friday, 12th May 2006 |
Symposium "Design of long-span structures 2006"
(Download seminar notes) |
| Tuesday, 9 May 2006 |
| CPD OPEN SEMINAR "Enclosure Fires: Fire Dynamics and Smoke Behaviour" |
| Friday, 21st April 2006 |
Symposium "Advanced Facade Engineering and Technology 2006"
(Download seminar notes) (Photo gallery) |
