"Eurocodes: a tool for building safety and reliability enhancement" workshop

EU-Russia cooperation on standardisation for construction

Objectives Workshop presentations Additional material

Objectives

The workshop was intended to be an information broker event for gathering and making available information on the EU and Russia Standardization and Certification Systems for construction. The following main objectives were pursued:

• Presentation of the European Standardization and Certification System, of the basic concepts of the EN Eurocodes and of the prepared tools for their implementation (training courses, designer's guides, worked examples, handbooks, manuals, design aids, software).
• Overview of the possibilities for co-operation in reducing the divergences in standardization and in achieving improved building design from integrated safety and security viewpoint.
• Identification of the specific needs for enhanced business and technical cooperation between EU and Russia.
• Setting-up of a network of institutes/experts aiming at information exchange and scientific and technical cooperation.

The Workshop was organised by the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Instrument of the European Commission (TAIEX) and the Russian Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology with the support of the Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the World Academy of Sciences for Complex Security (WASCS).

Workshop presentations

Thursday, 9 October 2008

• Welcome address (32kB)
  M. Géradin, Head of ELSA Unit, JRC, European Commission
• Welcome address
  P. Vandoren, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Russia
  
• Welcome address
  Pugachev S.V., Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology
  
• Regulatory dialogue between Russia and the EU - the political and economic context (42kB)
  N. Burge, International Affairs Unit, DG ENTR
• The European standardisation system for the construction sector (166kB)
  C. Andersson, Construction Unit, DG ENTR
• International cooperation in standardisation (2.54MB)
  A. da Costa, CEN Management Centre
• Standardisation system of the Russian Federation (1.03MB)
  Pugachev S.V., Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology
• Reform of the technical regulation in Russia (1.51MB)
  Lotsmanov A.N., Vice-President of the RSPP Committee for Technical Regulations, Standardisation and Conformity Assessment
• The Eurocodes: past, present and future (5.65MB)
  J.-A. Calgaro, Chairman of CEN/TC250
• Implementation of the Eurocodes in the EU Member States: progress and support from the JRC (3.24MB)
  S. Dimova, ELSA Unit, JRC
• An example of implementation of the European standardisation system: the case of the Czech Republic (12.2MB)
  J. Sobola, Technical and Test Institute for Construction, Czech Republic
• General principles of structural reliability in the Eurocodes (668kB)
  H. Gulvanessian, CEN/TC250
• Actions on building structures (662kB)
  P. Formichi, CEN/TC250/SC1
• Actions on bridges (including geotechnical and seismic aspects) (1.57MB)
  J.-A. Calgaro, Chairman of CEN/TC250
• Eurocodes: opportunities for scientific and technical co-operation in structural concrete (2.19MB)
  G. Mancini, International Federation for Structural Concrete (FIB) and CEN/TC250

Friday, 10 October 2008

• Eurocodes: opportunities for scientific and technical co-operation in structural steel (5.14MB)
  G. Sedlacek, European Convention for Construction Steelwork and CEN/TC250
• Important structures designed with the Eurocodes: the Millau bridge and the Gare de Liège (14.67MB)
  V. De Ville, Bureau Greisch, Belgium
• Sustainability and innovation - the lead market for Europe (1.92MB)
  G. Sedlacek, European Convention for Construction Steelwork and CEN/TC250
• Adoption of the Eurocodes outside of the EU (2.39MB)
  M. Greenley, Secretary of CEN/TC250
• Examples of business cooperation between EU and Russia (1.91MB)
  V. Peltonen, Vahanen Engineering Consultants - Ficote Group, Finland
• Perspectives for development of the Russian Railway Constructors Union and project for marketing of effective mechanisms for fostering the competitiveness of the producers (514kB)
  Kaikov M.I., President of the Russian Railway Constructors Union, Vice-president of the Cross-sectoral Council on Technical Regulations in Construction (presented by Filippov D.)
• Experience of Moscow Government in harmonization of construction norms
  Dmitriev A. N., Head of Scientific-Technical Policy Department, Moscow Government (presented by Granik Y.G.)
• Continuity and harmonisation of the Russian norms for concrete and for reinforced concrete structures (709kB)
  Semchenkov A.S., Director of the Institute for Research, Design, Construction and Technology of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete "Gvosdev A.A."
• Perspectives for standardisation and technical cooperation in structural steel (1.29MB)
  Odesskij P.D., Head of Department physical metallurgy and welding FGUP TSNIISK "V.A. Kucherenko"
• International and Russian experience in implementation of the vulnerability analysis and risk assessment for enhanced reliability of building structures (794kB)
  Kirillov I.A., Russian Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"
• Experience in contracting foreign engineers and architects for Russian construction projects (863kB)
  Svanidse S., Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd
• Eurocodes: differences with Russian standards, problems and the way to solve them
  Cherepanova T., Vahanen Engineering Consultants - Ficote Group, Finland
• Automatic systems for building safety provision (414kB)
  Scherbina V.I., University of Integrated Safety and Security Systems and Engineering
• European standards for structural design: possibility and necessity of their implementation in Russia (336kB)
  Bordukova M.I., Railway Constructors Union (presented by Maltzeva O.V.)
• Setting-up of a network of institutes/experts aiming at information exchange and scientific and technical cooperation (186kB)
  Mulyar V.L., World Academy of Sciences for Complex Security

Additional material

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Worskhop programme
Workshop poster
Leaflets and booklets
The role of EN 1990: the key head Eurocode
The Eurocodes: Use outside EU
The Eurocodes: What are they?