Structural Systems and Concrete

Multidisciplinary group of engineers, architects and chemists focused on the study, experimentation and development of new materials and structures used in construction and rehabilitation and improvement of the existing ones under a performance-based approach The design and implementation of technical systems in general and civil engineering structures in particular must necessarily cover safety, environmental and economic considerations. In keeping with existing codes and in standard practice, questions relating to compliance with the requirements for materials and structures are addressed implicitly. Under that approach, the performance of a given solution cannot be suitably quantified, for acceptance criteria are not wholly rational, inasmuch as they are based on past experience.