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Opportunities for the Construction Industry
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Eurocodes – Opportunities for the Construction Industry Professor Steve Denton Director of Bridge and Structural Engineering, Parsons Brinckerhoff Visiting Professor, Bath University
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What are your expectation of other market sectors?
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What are your expectation of other market sectors? ¾ ¾ ¾
Improving Products Improving Services Better Value
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EUROCODES Background and Applications
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Our Opportunity ¾ ¾ ¾
Eurocodes published Unprecedented collaborative effort Exciting time of change
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Personal Perspective ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
European engineer, working for a global company Consultant, with strong academic links Active in developing Eurocodes implementation strategies Specialist in Bridges; Broad Eurocode knowledge
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Parsons Brinckerhoff Birmingham Bristol Cardiff Chester Derby Devon Exeter Glasgow
Godalming Essex W. Yorkshire London Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Taunton
Dublin
New York Corp. HQ
Baden Madrid Barcelona
Beijing Guangzhou Shanghai Shenzhen Hong Kong Macau
Warsaw Brussels Bulgaria Istanbul
Seoul Tokyo
New Delhi
Cairo
Taipei Bangkok Panama
Manila
Kuala Lumpur Cala Bar, Nigeria
Singapore Jakarta
Johannesburg Buenos Aires
Al Khobar Abu Dhabi Amman Bahrain Kuwait Doha Dubai
Perth Adelaide Melbourne
Brisbane Singleton Sydney Newcastle Auckland Wellington Christchurch
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Agenda ¾ ¾ ¾
Recognising the Opportunities Realising the Benefits Conclusions
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EUROCODES Background and Applications
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Recognising the Opportunities Realising the Benefits Conclusions
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Best Value Best Practices Innovation Global Context
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EUROCODES Background and Applications
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Best Value ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Removal of barriers to trade of products and services; harmonisation of products Single suite of Standards Common understanding and vocabulary Common design criteria Shared investment in software and designaid development Latest materials technologies Combined effort to resolve issues, and embrace improvement opportunities
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Best Practices ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Eurocodes based on most up to date research; at the forefront of technology Rational and consistent framework Demand understanding from designers Provide flexibility and opportunity to apply advanced methods Challenge past thinking; revisit assumptions Alignment of structural and geotechnical design
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Innovation ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Promote understanding and knowledge development Enhance scope for innovation; choices offered to designers Greater effectiveness of R&D investment Diversity 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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Global Context ¾ ¾
Which design standards will be used around the world in the future? An opportunity and a risk
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EUROCODES Background and Applications
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Agenda ¾ ¾ ¾
Recognising the Opportunities Realising the Benefits Conclusions
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Realising the Benefits ¾ ¾
Designers Construction clients
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Strategic Implementation Establish urgency
Define objectives Gather data
Establish team Plan for implementation
Implementation
Review
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Strategic Implementation Establish urgency
Define objectives Gather data
Establish team Plan for implementation
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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“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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Strategic Implementation Establish urgency
Define objectives Gather data
Establish team Plan for implementation
Implementation
Review
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“Begin with the end in mind” Steven Covey
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Strategic Implementation Establish urgency
Define objectives Gather data
Establish team Plan for implementation
Implementation
Review
EUROCODES Background and Applications
Opportunities for the Construction Industry
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Challenges for Designers ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Large number of unfamiliar documents Significant learning curve New terminology and notation Cultural change; close to first principles Software, tools and processes will have to change
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Client Context ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Public or private clients Client versus regulatory drivers Contractors Change and risk management
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Strategic Implementation Establish urgency
Define objectives Gather data
Establish team Plan for implementation
Implementation
Review
EUROCODES Background and Applications
Opportunities for the Construction Industry
Brussels, 18-20 February 2008 – Dissemination of information workshop
Agenda ¾ ¾ ¾
Recognising the Opportunities Realising the Benefits Conclusions
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EUROCODES Background and Applications
Opportunities for the Construction Industry
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Conclusions ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Exceptional achievement Exciting time of change Embrace opportunities positively Implement strategically to realise the benefits
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Acknowledgements ¾
Numerous leading engineers from UK kindly shared thoughts and views to assist in the development of this presentation ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾
Highways Agency Railway Safety and Standards Board Arup Atkins BRE
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Steel Construction Institute Concrete Centre Flint and Neil Geocentrix Parsons Brinckerhoff