eurocodes – opportunities for the construction...
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Brussels, 18-20 February 2008 – Dissemination of information workshop 1
EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Eurocodes – Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Professor Steve DentonDirector of Bridge and Structural Engineering, Parsons BrinckerhoffVisiting Professor, Bath University
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
What are your expectation of other market sectors?
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
What are your expectation of other market sectors?
Improving ProductsImproving ServicesBetter Value
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Our Opportunity
Eurocodes publishedUnprecedented collaborative effortExciting time of change
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Personal Perspective
European engineer, working for a global companyConsultant, with strong academic linksActive in developing Eurocodes implementation strategiesSpecialist in Bridges; Broad Eurocode knowledge
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Parsons Brinckerhoff
New YorkCorp. HQ
BirminghamBristolCardiffChesterDerbyDevonExeterGlasgow
GodalmingEssexW. YorkshireLondonManchesterNewcastle upon TyneTaunton
Buenos AiresAl KhobarAbu DhabiAmmanBahrainKuwait Doha Dubai
Cairo
MadridBarcelona
Johannesburg
Istanbul
Dublin WarsawBrussels
Kuala LumpurSingapore
Jakarta
Bangkok
New Delhi
MelbourneAdelaide
Perth
ChristchurchWellingtonAuckland
BrisbaneSingletonSydneyNewcastle
ManilaTaipei
BeijingGuangzhou
ShanghaiShenzhen
Hong KongMacau
TokyoSeoul
Baden
Panama
Bulgaria
Cala Bar, Nigeria
New YorkCorp. HQ
BirminghamBristolCardiffChesterDerbyDevonExeterGlasgow
GodalmingEssexW. YorkshireLondonManchesterNewcastle upon TyneTaunton
BirminghamBristolCardiffChesterDerbyDevonExeterGlasgow
GodalmingEssexW. YorkshireLondonManchesterNewcastle upon TyneTaunton
Buenos AiresAl KhobarAbu DhabiAmmanBahrainKuwait Doha Dubai
Cairo
MadridBarcelona
Johannesburg
Istanbul
Dublin WarsawBrussels
Kuala LumpurSingapore
Jakarta
Bangkok
New Delhi
MelbourneAdelaide
Perth
ChristchurchWellingtonAuckland
BrisbaneSingletonSydneyNewcastle
ManilaTaipei
BeijingGuangzhou
ShanghaiShenzhen
Hong KongMacau
TokyoSeoul
Baden
Panama
Bulgaria
Cala Bar, Nigeria
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Agenda
Recognising the OpportunitiesRealising the BenefitsConclusions
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Agenda
Recognising the OpportunitiesRealising the BenefitsConclusions
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Recognising the Opportunities
Best ValueBest PracticesInnovationGlobal Context
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Best Value
Removal of barriers to trade of products and services; harmonisation of products Single suite of StandardsCommon understanding and vocabulary Common design criteriaShared investment in software and design-aid development Latest materials technologiesCombined effort to resolve issues, and embrace improvement opportunities
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Best Practices
Eurocodes based on most up to date research; at the forefront of technologyRational and consistent frameworkDemand understanding from designersProvide flexibility and opportunity to apply advanced methodsChallenge past thinking; revisit assumptionsAlignment of structural and geotechnical design
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Innovation
Promote understanding and knowledge developmentEnhance scope for innovation; choices offered to designersGreater effectiveness of R&D investmentDiversity of technical solutions available; use of testing, performance evidence and probabilistic methods
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“I feel about globalisation a lot like I feel about the dawn. Generally speaking, I think it is a good thing that the sun comes up each morning…but even if I didn’t much care for the dawn there isn’t much I could do about it”
Thomas Friedman
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Global Context
Which design standards will be used around the world in the future?An opportunity and a risk
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Agenda
Recognising the OpportunitiesRealising the BenefitsConclusions
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Realising the Benefits
DesignersConstruction clients
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Strategic Implementation
Establishurgency
Defineobjectives
Establishteam
Gatherdata
Plan forimplementation
Implementation Review
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Strategic Implementation
Establishurgency
Defineobjectives
Establishteam
Gatherdata
Plan forimplementation
Implementation Review
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“The implementation of the structural eurocodes … is the biggest change to codified structural design ever experienced in the UK”
IStructE report to UK Government
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
“If you don’t like change,
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“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less”
Gen Eric Shinseki
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Strategic Implementation
Establishurgency
Defineobjectives
Establishteam
Gatherdata
Plan forimplementation
Implementation Review
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
“Begin with the end in mind”
Steven Covey
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Strategic Implementation
Establishurgency
Defineobjectives
Establishteam
Gatherdata
Plan forimplementation
Implementation Review
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Challenges for Designers
Large number of unfamiliar documentsSignificant learning curveNew terminology and notationCultural change; close to first principlesSoftware, tools and processes will have to change
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Client Context
Public or private clientsClient versus regulatory driversContractorsChange and risk management
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Strategic Implementation
Establishurgency
Defineobjectives
Establishteam
Gatherdata
Plan forimplementation
Implementation Review
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Agenda
Recognising the OpportunitiesRealising the BenefitsConclusions
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Conclusions
Exceptional achievementExciting time of changeEmbrace opportunities positivelyImplement strategically to realise the benefits
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications
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EUROCODESBackground and Applications
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Acknowledgements
Numerous leading engineers from UK kindly shared thoughts and views to assist in the development of this presentation
Highways AgencyRailway Safety and Standards BoardArupAtkinsBRE
Steel Construction InstituteConcrete CentreFlint and NeilGeocentrixParsons Brinckerhoff