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• Sep 2020

  Eurocode Software List Updated

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  Prof. Francesco Biasioli form the Politecnico di Torino compiled an updated list of commercial and freely available: Eurocode software .

• Sep 2020

  Eurocodes adoption in North Macedonia

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  On 2 September 2020, the Eurocodes were officially adopted as national codes for the design of construction works in the Republic of North Macedonia. The decision has been published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of North Macedonia no. 211 dated 02.09.2020, at the moment only available in Macedonian language. A three-year coexistence period with the current national regulations in North Macedonia is foreseen. Previously, in February 2020, the Institute for Standardization of the Republic of North Macedonia (ISRSM) had sent to the Ministry of Transport and Communications the set of translated Eurocodes and their National Annexes.

  The successful adoption of the Eurocodes in North Macedonia supports the top geopolitical priority of the European Commission for bringing the Western Balkans closer to the EU ('A Stronger Europe in the World - Western Balkans’ European Future') and it is well-timed with the 'green light' for opening the EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia, given on 25 March 2020 by the General Affairs Council of the EU.

  Related information:

  Read here the details on the latest Eurocodes workshop for the Balkan region in Tirana, Albania and check out here the JRC report providing general information on the concept of the Eurocodes implementation in the regulatory system.

• Mar 2020

  First major project in East Asia designed to Eurocodes

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  A truly international project, the Temburong Bridge in Brunei opened to traffic on 17 March 2020. The New Civil Engineer Magazine notes that the Temburong Bridge is the first major construction project in East Asia designed to the Eurocodes. The bridge is a 30 km long dual two-lane highway crossing over the Brunei Bay and connecting the relatively isolated Brunei district of Temburong to the other three Brunei districts and to the country's airport and ports. The design of the two cable stayed bridges in Brunei is one of the first applications of the Eurocodes to a fully concrete cable stayed bridge.

  You can read the full article in the New Civil Engineer here. Additional technical information on the bridge design has been published by Carlucci et. al (2015).

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  Read news on the use of the Eurocodes outside the EU-EFTA Member States and check the Eurocodes Map.

• Feb 2020

  Positive developments on the Eurocodes implementation in North Macedonia

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  The Institute for Standardization of the Republic of North Macedonia (ISRSM) sent officially to the Ministry of Transport and Communications the set of translated Eurocodes and their National Annexes in February 2020. This action was accompanied by ISRSM’s draft decision for the adoption of the Eurocodes as national codes for the design of construction works and a three-year coexistence period with the current national regulations in North Macedonia.

  This positive development for the Eurocodes implementation in North Macedonia supported the top geopolitical priority of the European Commission for bringing the Western Balkans closer to the EU (‘A Stronger Europe in the World - Western Balkans’ European Future’) and well-timed with the 'green light' for opening the EU accession negotiations with North Macedonia, given on 25 March 2020 by the General Affairs Council of the EU.

  news information here in ISRSM’s website in Macedonian (currently, no translation to English available).

  Related information:

  Read here news details on the latest Eurocodes workshop for the Balkan region in Tirana, Albania and check out here the JRC report providing general information on the concept of the Eurocodes implementation in the regulatory system.

• Oct 2018

  News article: What could Brexit mean for Eurocodes?

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  An interesting article was recently published based on the interview with Dr Steve Denton, CEN/TC250 Chairman, for the New Civil Engineer Magazine. TC250 Chairman discusses the possible implications of "Brexit" on the Eurocodes and their use in the U.K. He also provides an insight on TC250 activities for the Second Generation of the Eurocodes, noting that "What's currently happening is probably the largest standardisation project, certainly by funding".

  You can read the full article here.

  Note: The article is posted with the permission of the New Civil Engineer Magazine.

• Mar 2018

  SERA Workshop on seismic hazard assessment in Europe

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• Jun 2017

  3rd World Reconstruction Conference

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