The workshop on "Bridge Design to Eurocodes" with worked examples was held on October 4-6, 2010 in the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology in Vienna. This workshop was the first training event organised at European level for the design of bridges using the Eurocodes.

The workshop was organised by Joint Research Centre, CEN/TC210 Horizontal Group Bridges and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology and supported by the European Commission DG Enterprise and Industry, CEN/TC250, CEN Management Centre, the Member States and the Austrian Standards Institute.

Opening addresses were delivered by Peter Franzmayr, Austrian Deputy Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Manfred Fuchs, European Commission DG Enterprise, Jean-Armand Calgaro, CEN/TC 250 Chairman and Artur Pinto, Joint Research Center.

This workshop with emphasis on worked examples contributed towards transfer of background knowledge and expertise of Eurocode Bridge Parts writers (CEN/TC250 Horizontal Group Bridges) to potential trainers at national level and Eurocode users.

The principal objectives of the workshop are to:

• transfer knowledge and information to representatives of key organisations/institutions, industry and technical associations in Member States;
• provide state-of-the-art training material, background information and worked examples to Eurocodes trainers and users;
• facilitate exchange of views, networking and cooperation.

Approximately 150 national delegates and lecturers that were representatives of national authorities, national standardisation bodies, industry, professional associations, research institutions and universities registered for the workshop. The participants were delegates from 20 EU Member States, one EU Candidate Country (Turkey) and two EFTA Member States (Iceland and Norway), as well as from Guatemala, South Korea and Malaysia.