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N E W S FROM: Engineers

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 Latvia  Lithuania Two years of work  Poland by ECCE President Prof. Fernando Branco

position in Brussels, and after the ECCE international positions and success of the 1st Engineers their coordination was also reor- INSIDE THIS Day in 2011, ECCE is now co- ganized to optimize their results. ISSUE: organizing in Brussels the 2nd All these activities were illustrat- Engineers Day, next 20th of 2nd European 2 ed in several contacts with Euro- November, with the participation Engineers’ pean Engineering Associations, of EU experts. Day: “Mobile still outside ECCE, trying to bring Engineers At international level, cooperation them to our cluster, and showing agreements were signed with the importance of having a build an Inno- ASCE, KSCE and JSCE and strong network of European Civil vative Europe” recently ECCE was involved in Engineer Associations. the cooperation with the Arab Two years passed and a new 1st Conference 3 Countries through the creation of ExBo will soon take care of EC- of the Mediter- the Association of the Mediterra- CE. Some ideas were not able to ranean Engi- nean Countries. After two years, this will be the become finalized during this neers Cooper- last ECCE e-Journal to be issued Internally, to make ECCE more period, like the “ECCE Civil Engi- ation under the present Executive attractive to our members, we neering Card” or the UNESCO began the publication of the “International Day of Civil Engi- Know your EU: 4 Committee, so it is the moment to make a summary of this ECCE ECCE Newsletter, now the e- neering”. Nevertheless, passing Directorate – period. Journal, with the description of the testimony, I am sure that the General Inter- our activities, information about new members will go on trying to During these years, Europe nal Market & what is going on in Brussels and achieve a bigger ECCE, always faced the continuation of an Services publishing member countries in the first line of representing the economic crisis that was particu- activities and their major civil European Civil Engineers. News from EU 5 larly felt in the Construction Sec- works. The e-Journal is sent to a tor and among our Civil Engi- & other Asso- multitude of members and is neers members. It was a period ciations already a success. Also the EC- Fernando Branco of discussion of how Construc- CE website was renovated and ECCE Stand- 7 tion should evolve and ECCE all activities are there permanent- clearly defined the direction with ing Committee ly displayed. A new ECCE book its moto to pass the crisis: “The on Environ- on “Pedestrian Bridges” is also 3Is - Investment, Innovation and expected for next October, repre- ment & Sus- Internationalization”. This posi- senting an important editorial tainability tion allowed ECCE for the first effort for our members. time to have a seat in the “High News from 11 level Tripartite Strategic Forum” The internal discussion of the ECCE Mem- where the investments and the major European Civil Engineer- bers innovation of the Construction in ing problems was implemented Europe were discussed, leading with a new agenda format, asso- ciating one International Confer- 60th ECCE 17 to proposals submitted directly to ence to each ECCE General Meeting and EU Commission. Assembly. We discussed in Lis- Conference Besides this important position in bon the “Changes in Civil Engi- Brussels, ECCE also participated neering”, the “Water Shortage” in in meetings with associated Eu- Conferences & 18 Cyprus, the “Seismic Design and ropean organizations developing Events Rehabilitation” in Tbilisi and the the discussion of the main issues “Innovation in Bridges” will be from education, to the application dealt with in our next meeting in of EU Directives (Mobility, Pro- Warsaw. The work of the Stand- curement, etc.). Strengthening its ing Committees is the basis of E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 2 2nd European Engineers’ Day: "Mobile Engineers build an Innovative Europe" 20 November 2014, Sofitel Brussels Europe, 1 Place Jourdan, Brussels

On 14th June 2014, the Meeting of society. Professional Engineers solutions. Meeting many of to- the Organizing Committee of the design and operate large pro- day’s challenges associated to 2nd European Engineers’ Day was jects and make society a better present society and environmen- held in Vienna, hosted by ECEC – place to live: their solutions are tal changes will also require Arch+Ing. In this Meeting ECCE always designed with economic, unprecedented levels of public was represented by ECCE Presi- safety and functionality consid- funding. As they have done dent, ECCE Vice President/ Presi- erations in mind. Sustainability throughout history, engineers REGISTRAITION dent Elect Mr. Wlodzimierz of the environment and aging will have to integrate their meth- Szymczak and ECCE Past Presi- infrastructures, deployment of ods and solutions with the goals For registrations dent Mr. Vassilis Economopoulos. innovative renewable sources of and desires of all society’s mem- please follow the link During this Meeting all the matters energy, increased quality of life, bers in Europe. here through FEANI regarding the 2nd European Engi- website. economic growth: they all await neers’ Day were finalised. The and expect engineering solu- The “2nd European Engineers’ ACCOMMODATION scope of the event and the prelimi- tions. Therefore, in this global- Day” on 20 November 2014 will For accommodation nary agenda were agreed as well ized world, internationalization analyze those challenges and options please visit as the common online registration and cross-border recognition of offer opinions and presentations the ECCE webpage through FEANI website. engineering qualifications are of expert speakers. The Europe- important and vital to forge a an Engineers’ Day will offer a better future for society. forum for critical dialogue and participation and will focus The European Engineers’ Feder- amongst others on ations ECEC, FEANI, ECCE, to- how engineers are gether with EFCA, ENAEE, CLGE educated and en- and CLAIU wish to extend the gaged in continu- public knowledge and apprecia- ing professional Participants in the meeting of tion of the engineering profes- development to the 2nd EED Organizing Com- sion, their education and profes- better prepare mittee in Vienna sional concerns and the capacity them for the chal- to solve the arising problems in lenges ahead in Scope of the event a changing world, on this unique building the com- From left to right: Mr. Remec, Mr. Engineers’ impact is visible in event. Public understanding of ing new world. Szymczak, Ms. Hammerschlag, Mr. every aspect of human life: the engineering profession and Students, re- its underlying science are im- searchers, entre- Branco, Mr. Thürriedl, Mr. Economo- through increasingly more so- portant to support the calls for preneurs, scien- poulos, Mr. Brandi phisticated inventions, tech- funding, as well as to enhance tists and policy niques and equipment they en- hance and irrevocably change the prospect for successful decision makers are invited to adoption of innovative technical take part in this unique event.

Preliminary Agenda of the 2nd European Engineers’ Day “Mobile Engineers build an innovative Europe” 20 November 2014 Sofitel Brussels Europe, 1 Place Jourdan, Brussels

9.00 – 10.00 Registration 10.00 - 10.30 Welcome Greetings by the Presidents of ECEC, FEANI and ECCE 10.30 – 10.45 Welcome Speech by a Representative of the EU Institutions Morning session “Mobility and Regulation”

10:45 – 11:00 Representative of EU Commission DG Markt 11:00 – 11:15 The public interest in professional regulation, MEP RA Dr. Andreas Schwab (GE) 11:15 – 11:30 The status of the engineer in society and the importance of mobility, Mr Alan Stilwell CEng MICE (UK) 11:30 – 11:45 Engineering Challenges for a future Europe, Prof. Dr. Fernando Branco (PT) 12.00 Round Table 13.00 – 14.00 Lunch + Networking Afternoon Session “Delivering Client Value”

14:15 – 14:30 Representative of EU Commission DG Markt 14:30 – 14:45 Accreditation of Continued Engineering Education, Prof. Dr. José Vieira (PT) 14:45 – 15:00 The Relationship between price and quality of engineering services, Prof. Dr. Hans Lechner (AT) 15:00 – 15:15 Internationalization of Engineering Activities, CivEng NTUA Vassilis Economopoulos (GR) 15.30 Round Table 16.30 Conclusions by the Presidents of ECEC, FEANI and ECCE 17.00 End E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 3 1st Conference of the Mediterranean Engineers Cooperation The 1st Conference of the Mediter-  Exchanging Information on na- area, full of potentialities and op- ranean Engineers Cooperation was tional engineering education and portunities, may represent a com- held with a great success on 8-10 professional systems, contribu- prehensive resource for both Italy May 2014, in Lecce (Salento, Italy) tions to International surveys and and Europe itself. organized by the Conisglio Na- reports including the UNESCO The European Council of Civil En- zionale degli Ingegneri (CNI) with Global Engineering Assessment gineers (ECCE) was represented the collaboration of the Regional project by Mr. Vassilis Economopoulos, Council of the “Order of Engineers ECCE Past President and Chair-  Establishment of Technical of Puglia “and the “Order of Engi- man of the Standing Committee on neers of Lecce” under the patron- Committees on thematic topics Associate Membership who had a age of WFEO (World Federation of of interest to the Mediterranean greeting speech in the ceremony of Area in collaboration with FAE Engineer's Organizations). signing the EAMC Statement of and WFEO Intent. He participated also in the  Sharing and transferring innova- Round Table of Engineering Pro- tive technologies in particular fession and Mobility in Mediterrane- those related to safe water and an Countries, he presented ECCE sanitation, water-recycling sys- and its targets and priorities at the tems, waste treatment and ener- General Meeting of the Presidents gy efficiency of the Regional Departments of CNI and he also participated in the  Safeguard of the cultural and meeting of the Organizing Commit- social heritage, promotion, resto- tee for the preparation of the 2nd Group photo of the Conference ration and renovation of the built European Engineers' Day. environment, Climate change The Engineering Associations of adaptation of infrastructure The creator of the whole concept Mediterranean Countries (EAMC) - and the general coordinator of this On the topic concerning the cultur- Chambers and Engineering Organi- important initiative, having also the al, historical, architectural and engi- zations invited by CNI to sign the follow up of it, is our colleague Eng. neering heritage in Mediterranean Intention Statement of Cooperation Nicola Monda (CNI Council Re- Area a Round Table took place were from: Albania, Algeria, Cy- sponsible on International Affairs). with the coordination of our ECCE prus, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Leba- The goal of the Conference was to ExBo Member Prof. Massimo Mari- non, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Pales- facilitate the cooperation between ani who is an expert on this topic. tine, Portugal, Slovenia, Syria, the wider sector of engineers to The initiative occurred in Lecce is Tunisia and Spain. The whole initi- promote the development and clearly future oriented, and will be ative was held under the auspices preservation of the Mediterranean helpful to promote the development of WFEO (President Eng. Marwan area, as well as their professional of a common language for engi- Abdelhamid) and in Cooperation activities into this part of the world. neering matter itself. It also wants with the Federation of Arab Engi- neers (President Prof. Adil Ibrahim The indicative topics on which the to demonstrate how cooperation Al-Haditi). EAMC Cooperation focused are: policies in a wide range of sectors like economics, finance as well as For more information about the Facilitation of the Engineers'  in the social and cultural field, be- Conference visit the following link. Mobility in Mediterranean Area tween the countries of this precious 59th ECCE General Meeting & International Conference “Seismic design & rehabilitation of buildings”

eral Meeting Group phototheof 59th ECCE Gen- The 59th ECCE General Meeting cessfully organized. A Declaration was held on 31st May 2014, in was signed at the end of the Con- Tbilisi, Georgia hosted by the Geor- ference by the Presidents of the gian Society of Civil Engineers three organizations.

(GSCE) combined with the Interna- Main materials from the 59th ECCE tional Conference "Seismic design General Meeting can be found at & rehabilitation of buildings" orga- the following links: nized by ECCE, GSCE and World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE).  59th ECCE GAM General The International Conference was Presentation held on 29th - 30th May 2014, at the Georgian Technical University.  ECCE brief activity report Nov Both events were fruitful and suc- 2013 - May 2014 E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 4

Main materials from the Internation-  "The EUROCODE 8: Applica- Ketevan Mdivani al Conference “Seismic design & tions to Buildings and Bridges"  "Rikoti tunnel operational prob- rehabilitation of buildings” can be by Joao Azevedo found at the following links: lems and seismic stability" by M.  "Changes in seismic response Kalabegishvili, I. Gudjabidze, Z.  Opening of the Conference by due to ground surface subsid- Lebanidze ECCE President

ence in Mexico City" by Raul 59thECCE General Meeting  "Antiseismic policy of Greece" by Aguilar Becerril Linda Pelli  "An overview for practicing engi-  "Seismic Risk Mitigation Studies: neers: Seismic rehab of RC The Portuguese Experience" by structures" by Tugrul Tankut Alfredo Campos Costa  "Simulation of seismic action for  "Seismic behaviour of buildings" Tbilisi city with local seismologi- cal particularities and site ef- by Peter Fajfar fects" by Paata Rekvava and

Know your EU: Directorate – General Internal Market & Services

The Internal Market and Services Council – controlling the imple- vices’ Management Plan for 2014. Directorate General (DG MARKT) menting of a European legal frame- is one of the Directorates General work in the following specific areas: and specialized services which regulated professions, services, Impact assessments and evalua- make up the European Commis- company law and corporate gov- tions sion. ernance, public procurement, intel- The European Commission and Its main role is to coordinate the lectual and industrial property and DG Internal Market and Services in postal services. In the area of fi- Commission’s policy on the Euro- particular are committed to increas- nancial services, it aims at estab- pean Single Market and to seek ing the role impact assessment and lishing the legal framework for the the removal of unjustified obstacles evaluation play in improving law- integration of the Union’s capital to trade, in particular in the field of making in the EU and making ad- services and financial markets. markets and the creation of a sin- ministration more efficient. The gle market for financial services. existing system for evaluation of The Internal Market and Services expenditure programmes has grad- DG is based in Brussels and has a The first role of the Directorate- general is therefore to bring for- ually been extended to cover non- staff of approximately 500, working ward proposals for legislation aim- spending areas, such as legislative under the political authority of Com- and regulatory activities and poli- missioner Michel Barnier and man- ing to remove barriers, thus simpli- fying life for consumers and for busi cies. The Better Regulation pack- aged by Director General Jonathan age adopted by the Commission in Faull. -nes-ses, stimulating competition, reducing prices and widening June 2002 complemented these choice. This involves not only mak- ambitions by establishing impact assessment as a tool to improve Mission ing it easier for goods and services to circulate, but also making it easi- the quality and coherence of the The DG’s mission is to develop and er for EU citizens to work and to policy development process. maintain a dynamic and open Euro- live in other EU countries. pean single market that enables Evaluation and impact assessment citizens to meet the challenges of The second responsibility of the are organized in a decentralized globalization. The aim is to provide Directorate-General is to ensure way in the Commission. Direc- torates General and Services are a regulatory environment that en- that the opportunities offered by the responsible for implementing the hances competitiveness, stimulates Single Market are fully exploited. It innovation, and promotes financial does so by controlling the full and respective functions and activities. stability. DG MARKT also aims to timely respect of Community law in Yet, Commission-wide networks improve the range and quality of co-operation with the Member have been set up to co-ordinate products and services available at States and by moni-tor-ing closely activities on Commission level. They are organized by central units competitive prices throughout the how EU law is being applied in in DG Budget and in the Secretariat Single Market in order to deliver practice. General for evaluation and impact higher living standards, better job The third task for the Directorate- assessment, respectively. opportunities, and a prosperous general is to inform citizens and economic future for all citizens. businesses about the rights they Work programme In this context, the Internal Market have within the Single Market and The multi-annual evaluation pro- and Services Directorate-general is of the benefits available to them. gramme contains information on directly responsible for proposing More details on our mission, activi- evaluations and impact assess- and – once laws are adopted by ties and priorities can be found in ments planned for the years ahead. the European Parliament and the DG Internal Market and Ser- While the work programme for the E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 5 current year is rather definitive, it tions They are organised by central units should be noted that the pro- For more information about each in DG Budget and in the Secretariat gramme for future years is more of department, please visit this link. General for evaluation and impact an indicative nature, as new pro- assessment, respectively. posals might emerge or some of those currently scheduled might be Impact assessments and evalua- Expert Groups postponed or even dropped. tions Role and mission of expert  Multi-annual evaluation pro- The European Commission and groups gramme 2012 – 2014 DG Internal Market and Services in particular are committed to increas- Expert groups are consultative

ing the role impact assessment and bodies that advise the Commission Departments evaluation play in improving law- on the preparation of legislative The DG MARKT is divided in eight making in the EU and making ad- proposals and policy initiatives, the departments which are the follow- ministration more efficient. The implementation of legislation, pro- ing: existing system for evaluation of grammes and existing Union poli- expenditure programmes has grad- cies, and the preparation of dele-  Directorate A – Resources and ually been extended to cover non- gated acts. The Commission and Communication spending areas, such as legislative its services remain fully independ- and regulatory activities and poli- ent with regard to taking into ac-  Directorate B – Governance of cies. The Better Regulation pack- count the views expressed by ex- the Single Market age adopted by the Commission in pert groups. Over the years, there  Directorate C – Public Procure- June 2002 complemented these have been a number of expert ment ambitions by establishing impact groups working in the areas cov- assessment as a tool to improve ered by DG Internal Market and  Directorate D – Intellectual Prop- the quality and coherence of the Services (DG MARKT). These erty policy development process. groups, like all other groups creat- ed by other Directorates General of  Directorate E – Services Evaluation and impact assessment the Commission, are published in are organized in a decentralized the Register of Commission expert  Directorate F – Capital and Com- way in the Commission. Direc- panies torates General and Services are groups and other similar entities. responsible for implementing the More on expert groups can be  Directorate G – Financial Mar- respective functions and activities. found here. kets Yet, Commission-wide networks (Source: DG Internal Market and  Directorate H – Financial institu- have been set up to co-ordinate Services) activities on Commission level. NEWS FROM EU & OTHER ASSOCIATIONS European Elections Keller and José Bové jointly for the EU leaders met in Brussels, where European Green Party and Alexis they signed Association Agree- Tsipras for the Party of the Europe- ments with Georgia, the Republic an Left. The Alliance of European of Moldova and Ukraine and desig- Conservatives and Reformists and nated Jean-Claude Juncker as next the European Alliance for Freedom Commission President.

declined to nominate candidates. "Let me begin by expressing on my

While the European People's Party own behalf and on behalf of the From 22 to 25 May 2014, elections lost ground to the Progressive Alli- European Commission my congrat- to the European Parliament were ance of Socialists and Democrats, ulations to Jean-Claude Juncker on held in the European Union. it remained the largest faction in his nomination by the European It was the 8th parliamentary elec- the new parliament, implying that Council as President-designate. I tion since the first direct elections in Juncker may assume the presiden- have known Jean-Claude Juncker 1979, and the first in which the pan cy provided that he is elected by a for more than 20 years. We have -European political parties fielded qualified majority of the European been working in very many capaci- candidates for president of the Council as well as a simple majority ties together and I really believe Commission. The candidates, in the new parliament. Additionally, that he is a committed European sometimes referred to by the Ger- far-left, eurosceptic, and nationalist and a political leader with excep- man term Spitzenkandidaten (‘top parties gained ground at the ex- tional experience. Myself and the candidates’), were Jean-Claude pense of federalist groups. Commission will do everything possible in the coming months to Juncker for the European People's A full list of the newly elected MEPs assure a smooth transition between Party, Martin Schulz for the Party of can be found here. European Socialists, Guy Verhof- this Commission and the next one." stadt for the Alliance of Liberals For the full article please visit the and Democrats for Europe, Ska European Council, 26-27 June link here. E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 6

Martin Schulz re-elected presi- dency from July tion "Resource efficiency opportuni- dent of the European Parliament ties in the building sector" based on On 1 July 2014, Italy took over the an Impact assessment roadmap. six month rotating Presidency of The general objective of this initia- the Council of the European Union. tive is to reduce the environmental The Italian Prime Minister, Matteo impact of buildings by improving Renzi, set out plans for the Italian the overall resource efficiency and, as a consequence, improve the presidency in his opening speech related competitiveness of con- at the European Parliament on 4th struction businesses. July. German Socialist Martin Schulz Growth and employment, strength- was elected to another 2½ year ening citizens’ rights and a stronger term as president of the European role for Europe in the world will be Parliament during the body's first Italy’s priorities during its 6-month session. presidency of the EU. “This Parliament is the heart of The Italian presidency coincides democracy at the EU level. The with the first 6 months of a new European Parliament will always be European Parliament - elected in on the side of the people, working This would be achieved by the May - and the start of a new trio of following specific objectives: to improve the daily lives of hun- presidencies, with Latvia and Lux- dreds of millions Europeans. The  Raise awareness of and demand embourg to follow Italy. The 3 gov- European Parliament will work in a for better environmental perform- ernments have drawn up the work ing buildings, among private dignified and fair manner based on programme for the EU Council's consumers, developers and respect and non-discrimination. On next 18 months. public purchasers; behalf of this Parliament, I will work  Improve knowledge and infor- More information can be found with even greater vigour, transpar- mation regarding resource use ency and visibility in all that I do for here. and related environmental im- Europe.” pacts in relation to buildings in order to support decision making Martin Schulz, The President of the CE Marking for construction among designers, architects, European Parliament products developers, construction compa- The CE nies, construction product manu- mark is a facturers, investors, consumers Jean-Claude Juncker President claim that a etc; of the European Commission particular  Remove the barriers created by construction different sets of requirements Jean- product can concerning the environmental Claude be legally performance of buildings; Juncker placed on the market of members Improve material efficiency, has been states of the European Economic  including the prevention and elected Area (EEA) and is based on the principal that the product specifica- management of construction and President tion, and therefore, the product is demolition waste; of the Eu- “fit for purpose”.  Support more intensive use of ropean Under the Construction Products buildings in order to reduce the Commission by a strong majority of Regulation (CPR), which has su- need for further built environ- 422 votes in the European Parlia- perseded the Construction Prod- ment (e.g., use empty buildings ment plenary session. ucts Directive (CPD), as the main instead of building new, use legal instrument affecting the Euro- buildings for more than one pur- After being proposed as candidate pean construction industry, there pose when suitable, build flexible for Commission President by the exists a legal obligation for manu- buildings to be adapted to new European Council on 27 June facturers to provide proof of their functions or changing needs 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker need- products “fitness for purpose”. when appropriate). The European Commission has ed a majority of 376 votes in the To this end, the Communication issued a short video clip showcas- focuses on two main areas: European Parliament. ing CE marking for construction  Influence decision-making (by products. This video is now availa- Speaking ahead of the vote, he different actors) along the life- ble in French, German and Italian presented his political guidelines cycle of a building by providing in addition to English. You can also for the next European Commission relevant and comparable infor- find the English version with subti- mation regarding environmental as set out in a document entitled A tles in Greek, Spanish, Dutch, performance, through the devel- new start for Europe: My agenda Polish, Romanian and Lithuanian. opment of an assessment frame- for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and For more information about this work with core indicators Democratic Change. video, please send an email to [email protected].  Increase the use of recycled Read the key quotes from Jean- You can also find more information materials in the construction of Claude Juncker's presentation on competitiveness in the construc- buildings, by fostering a better functioning market for recycled Download a summary tion industry by visiting this link. construction and demolition “Sustainable Buildings” initiative waste The European Commission on 1st For further information on this sub- Italy takes over Council Presi- July 2014 adopted the Communica- ject please visit the link here. 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'Repairing' EU transport network comprises of at least three means COSME will support SMEs in better 'crucial' to economic growth of transport and is planned to pro- access to finance; access to mar- The successor of EU transport vide the best conditions for combin- kets; supporting entrepreneurs; and commissioner, Siim Kallas, who ing road, rail, water and air more favourable conditions for has declared his retirement, is transport. The corridors will con- business creation and growth. going to find their new office under sume a majority of the €26bn fund- Tender No. EASME/ significant renovation. At the end of ing for transport within 'connecting COSME/2014/001 for a service 2013, the European commission Europe'. This shows a shift of the contract relating to: announced the most substantial EU's transport policy to a more "Competitiveness of EU construc- overhaul in its transport policy streamlined way of investing. tion sector - Observatory" since its inception, by replacing the For the full article please visit the Open procedure existing pattern of fragmented infra- link. Closing date: 18.08.2014 structure projects with a grid of nine Specifications No EASME/ major transport corridors, the back- Ongoing tender for a service COSME/2014/001 bone of the trans-European trans- contract relating to: More information here and all calls portation network known as TEN-T. "Competitiveness of EU con- related to COSME here. The corridors, such as the 'Baltic- struction sector - Observatory" Adriatic corridor' (connects Polish COSME is the EU programme for coast and Italy) or the 'Atlantic the Competitiveness of Enterprises corridor' providing links between and Small and Medium-sized En- France and Spain, span across the terprises (SMEs) running from EU in order to connect its most 2014 to 2020 with a planned budg- important airports, cities, ports and et of €2.3bn. industry hubs. Each of the corridors ECCE STANDING COMMITTEES ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY ECCE and European Water Initiatives - Questions - Actions Background The European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE) is now an adult European player, lobbying and acting on the European civil engineering platform. To achieve this position much water has to flow the Rhine/Thames/Duero/Po/ Mtkwari etc. downwards. Obviously this well-known idiom can be used also for the most recent topic, which has been touched by the Stand- ing Committee Environment and Sustainability: Water! Based on the very successful 2nd ECCE conference “Water Management in Europe”, which has been held in Cyprus together with the 58th ECCE General Assembly on the 25th October 2013, one of the speakers was George Demetriou, Cyprus, about “Water Loss Management” the SC E&S has started an action plan on collecting relevant water data from all ECCE members.

All participating delegates in the meeting agreed upon it. Since the “water field” of this conference was much too wide spread, it was agreed to stress the work on the following three topics, which seemed to be of most im- portance:

 Monitoring and assessment of surface and ground water;

 Managing water resources; E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 8

 Water loss management Thus, a questionnaire was sent to all ECCE members, asking for more general data – and at least only for giving public website addresses – in English -, dealing with the respective water subject. Co-operation possibilities This is insofar astonishing as ECCE’s daughter World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) is very successful and worldwide known as an active UN water partner and involved in the work of the International Decade for Action “Water for life 2005 – 2015”. WCCE became this strong partner very much due to the fact that its president and the respective Standing Committee “Water” deals professionally with this topic. ECCE is a European association, but by this also a strong world player, especially as many of its members are strong in a number of relevant water topics and actions. This has been clearly shown in the recent Cyprus water conference. This can be realized also by participation and announcements in water related international confer- ences. The latest one was published by Vassilis Economopoulos who informed about the initiative and “Cooperation between the Engineering Associations of Mediterranean Countries (EAMC) under the auspices of World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), which has been supported strongly by our Italian ECCE member CNI and has been visited also by our ECCE president professor Fernando Branco. As can be seen one of the objects this initiative targeted is “Sharing and transferring innovative technologies in particular those related to safe water and sanitation, water recycling systems and waste treatment”. Of course, the specific targets of our Mediterranean members like Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain with respect to water issues may differ from those of the other ECCE members it is clear that there is also knowledge about these issues – and even more experience to come up with such water issues like water management, water distribution, water pollution, floods etc. So, why not collect the knowledge of all our ECCE members in this very important water field and by this produc- ing a strong synergy effect? And why not speak with one ECCE voice at relevant “water events” in Europe and internationally? Why not co-operate with WCCE, which is an internationally well-known „water player“? The visit of the WCCE president Tomas Sanchez at the ECCE General Assembly in Tbilisi offered a first possibility for ECCE to do so internationally, when he invited ECCE to be one of the five keynote speakers in Zaragoza, Spain, to pre- pare the next World Water Day, which takes place in South Korea in April next year. The world water day of this year was held connecting water with energy, as can be seen in the picture on right. This is a combination, which may be an important national market related question in some of our ECCE members. Very actual it is part of a Georgian investment initiative, about which Vassilis Economopoulos has informed us recently, see table 1 below. Even not part of our actual ECCE targets it shows possible actions to be taken when discussing water actions and problems. ECCE could also contribute actively to water issues in cooperation - or through its mem- bers – with the World Water Council (WWC). The pact for water security and its strat- egy for the period 2013 – 2015 concern also ECCE member nations or at least many of their great cities. So, „today, more than a thousand cities are signatory to the Is- tanbul Water Consensus which must evolve and take advantage of recent urban specificities to better respond to the expectations of the signatory municipalities“. This is a summarizing statement of the last year’s meeting of WWC. European water associations Many national water associations are members of at least four leading European water associations as follows:

 International Water Association (IWA);

 European Water Association (EWA);

 European Association of National Water Associations (EUREAU);

 Water Supply and Sanitation Technology Platform (WssTP) The European Environment Agency gives an interesting and very actual overview on the specific tasks of these associations and their European influence in the following EEA Technical report | No 5/2014 “Performance of water utilities beyond compliance: sharing knowledge bases to support environmental and resource-efficiency policies and technical improvements”. From this Agency report the following descriptions are given as follows: 1. The International Water Association (IWA, www.iwahq.org) is a “worldwide network for water professionals and companies. It is represented in 130 different countries through its 10 000 individual and 500 corporate mem- bers. The IWA network publishes the magazine WATER 21 and a range of journals, books … and electronic ser- vices”. The next World Water Congress and Exhibition takes place in Lisbon on 21 – 26 Sept. 2014. 2. The European Water Association (EWA, www.ewa-online.eu) “comprises of 25 E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 9

European national associations representing professionals and technicians in the field of wastewater and water utilities, as well as academics, consultants and contractors. In total it sums up to about 50 000 indirectly represent- ed professionals. It is an independent non-governmental and non-profit organization that aims to cover the whole water sector (wastewater as well as drinking water and water-related waste. The headquarter of EWA is situated in Hennef, Germany”. 3. The European Federation of National Associations of Water Services (EUREAU, www.eureau.org) “represents water and wastewater operators at EU level. It is the ‘voice’ of 70 000 utilities, reflecting the full diversi- ty of European water and sanitation services and representing public, private and mixed operators. EUREAU members collectively provide water services to more than 400 million people in Europe. … Currently EUREAU covers 24 of 28 EU member countries (all but Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia) and the two EFTA countries Norway and Switzerland and the observer Serbia”. 4. The European Technology Platform for Water (WssTP, www.wsstp.eu) is initiated by the European Commis- sion in 2004 and “strives to promote coordination and collaboration of research and innovation in the European water sector … It comprises of 101 members and has a network of more than 700 individuals and 315 contributing organizations across 18 countries”.

WssTP features and roadmap to a resource efficient Europe as part of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive is to be read right: According to the recent flood situation in Croatia, Serbia, Slove- nia this “road” became a little bit stony. As of 2014, WssTP has 16 WGs:

Statistical data Statistical data can be gathered from the Water Information System for Europe (WISE, www.water.europa.eu), which is a partnership between the European Commission (DG Environment, the Joint Research Centre and Euro- stat) and the European Energy Agency. The network is sketched roughly in figure 7.1 (EEA).

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ECCE member examples ECCE is an association of different national members with different and sometimes diverging interests. This is the fact also with respect to water issues. But in general the “water street” is of great importance to go in a coordinated manner, because many “normal water issues” have changed dramatically due to climate change, population growth, overuse of water etc. United Kingdom So, even in water rich countries like the United Kingdom a close eye is put on “water as bloodstream of the biosphere and it is a vital and precious resource, which the developed world too often takes for granted”. This is the wording of Richard Coackley, former ECCE president, in the ICE “State of the Nation Report on Water 2012”. The official recommendations of ICE are given here. And: “Understanding water and its interdependence with food, energy and the environment is vital if water is to be managed effectively and efficiently. The challenges facing UK’s water security are with us, are serious, and require immediate attention. In the future, there will be a looming gap between supply and demand due to a growing population and the impacts of climate change”. Georgia So, it could be helpful for our relative new ECCE member Geor- gia, which hosted our 59th ECCE General Assembly in Tbilisi, 31. May 2014, if ECCE could distribute such information to its members and possible investors. Up to now it was not ECCE’s daily work to do so, but based on the actual water slogan 2014 this could be an actual and supportive result of ECCE work. Cyprus Water shortage e.g. by losses in Cyprus – and other ECCE member states around the Mediterranean Sea is part of the normal life. George Demetriou, vice-chairman of the SC E&S, gave an interesting paper at the 57th GA in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2013. Looking at figure 6.4 water losses are also a EU is- sue, as long as it concerns losses in distribution networks.

Germany Germany up to now has no real problems in having water resources and adequate water management and distri- bution services. - But still there is a campaign to safe water. On the other hand the result of saving drinking water is the stick of waste within many wastewater tubes, because the tubes and the waste dry out due to little „added or included water“ and have to be „cleaned“ or kept open by flushing them with – clear drinking - water. Golf as the international sports activity (!?) Actual golf information politics ask for “intelligent, efficient and sustainable use of water on golf courses” and by this gives a response to critics that “Many golf courses use too much water and golf cours- es are often criticised for taking water that could be used for a better purpose“. So, St. An- drews Links, Scotland, makes significant water savings, Centro Nacional, Spain, uses 100% sustainable sources for irrigation and Belas Clube de Campo, Portugal, does it simi- lar. The published result is: “Sustainability pays” (www.tourismconcern.org.uk/golf-courses- water-use.html).

By Carsten Ahrens - Chair of Standing Committee on Environment & Sustainability – E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 11 NEWS FROM ECCE MEMBERS ITALY

Engineering and Cultural Identity present, in Italy, we experience the the use of words; indeed, the circu- Engineering is privilege, exaltation, senseless situation that engineer- lation of projects, thoughts, and and cultural elevation at the same ing and architecture do not even principles of design is fed by hu- graze each other. No overlap and manistic knowledge, in all its mean- time. We live the history of man- no bridge exist between the two ings. Arts, the so called Muses, kind, and we are assisted by the presence of engineering. cultures any longer. There is a shall live within engineering, and culture of physic-math modelling almost paradoxically, young engi- Engineering is a privilege because and the culture of shapes and neers shall convince themselves it leaves a sign, because it may shaping, and this is wrong. that good and clever professionals couple fantasy and doing, because continue their studies also after There is the same need of bringing only those who know may do, and graduation. those who do not know, just have our doctrinal disciplines – industrial to give up. and computer science engineering Engineering is still, and will always - back to a universal culture; as be, one of the main pillars of the The culture of engineers is, there- they are currently positioned in the evolution of our world, as all along fore, synthesis of an idea, which – academic world, they could merely its history. thanks to their competencies, be- remain confined in an exclusively Wherever they go, young engi- come an implemented and useful specialised scope. work. In addition, it is the engi- neers assert their values; we neers’ ability in creating sound All that said results into newly grad- should not lose time if we want not uates who have gained profession- to dissipate a heritage. collaborations among different alisms that are not required on the professions that makes the initial Just to value this heritage, we need idea becoming real. market, in Italy and abroad. It to hope in a future that by preserv- seems, in fact, that industry wants Engineering derives its main ing the past would build on it, and open minded, flexible profession- where young students who nowa- source from the Enlightenment, als, able to master a variety of days are proud of recognizing a and expresses the passage from knowledge. conceiving to doing. teacher to follow and to remember, will be happy to see themselves as After years of great technical spe- the teachers of tomorrow. cialisation, we are beginning to reconsider the interlacing of engi- neering and humanistic cultures. We have to work hardly in the spe- cific sectors where engineering and architecture cultures are created, with particular reference to Univer- sities. There was no difference once: Brunelleschi was an engineer as well as an architect; so it was for Bernini, Borromini and Bramante, the latter being, furthermore, also Looking at the USA Universities, entrepreneurs. the collective imagination has al- ways considered them as synony- mous of technical, specialized and extremely sector-oriented for- mation; the same consideration applies to the Japanese Universi- ties. They are perceived as the creators of the vision of engineer- ing, which, to be more effective, should be segmented in little sec- tors of competences. Even there, this vision is little by little disproving. Important Ameri- can Engineering Universities have been gradually introducing courses in history, philosophy, anthropolo- gy, etc. In the following centuries, Universi- This is because engineers have to ties created the differences. At express their knowledge through E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 12

LATVIA

Magazine “Būvinženieris” (Civil tions and the most recent develop- special column named “Diary of the Engineer) of the Latvian Associ- ments in the science of civil engi- most energy-efficient building”. ation of Civil Engineers neering and architecture, as well as informs about the experience in

other countries and interviews In 2006, prominent personalities, namely the engineers. The “Būvinženieris” Latvian always publishes the analysis of Associ- mistakes by experts where they ation of also offer their solutions. Civil Engi- Once a year, in co-operation with neers the enterprise database Lursoft, (LACE) based on the State Revenue Ser- vice data and the data from the started annual reports of the companies, In 2013, for the first time in Latvia, to pub- lish a the “Būvinženieris” carries out a the “Būvinženieris” established a small study of the construction industry in new tradition – a contest for the magazine “Būvinženieris” contain- Latvia, investigates its trends, anal- “Grand Prix of the Construction ing just 48 pages to share infor- yses the performance of the com- Industry” where the panel of judges panies in different regions and consisting of 36 industry experts mation with its more than 750 counties, studies the scope of ac- assess the engineers and archi- members. Since then, the number of members is now approaching tivity of the designer companies, tects working in the construction 800 but the volume of magazine etc. industry in two nominations: “The has increased four times. The The magazine organizes reader Lifetime Contribution Award” and readership has also grown consid- polls on a regular basis about a “The Engineer/Architect of the Year”, meanwhile the highest prize erably as there are many other wide variety of subjects, such as of the construction industry in Lat- readers who subscribe for the mag- construction supervision, architec- azine, not just the LACE members. tural supervision, competence as- via – “The Foundation Stone” is The magazine readership now sessment of the construction spe- awarded by the State President extends to civil engineers, industry cialists, qualification, and many and the Minister of Economy. This administrators, designers, archi- others. year the formal awards ceremony will take place on 10th September tects, construction managers and Articles about the issues of energy in the recently opened National supervisors, scientists, academic efficiency play a very important Library of Latvia. faculty and students. role. The magazine takes part in The magazine “Būvinženieris” is the organizational team of the con- The archives and full contents of published six times a year. It is a test “The most energy-efficient the previous issues of the maga- zine (2006-2011) are available practical and educational guide. building in Latvia”, participating in here. Apart from specific information on the assessment work of the panel news updates the magazine also of judges and also organizing dis- offers detailed analyses of events, cussions about the energy efficien- legislation, technologies, construc- cy theme. The magazine has a LITHUANIA

Lithuania Gets National BIM expected, delegates all the re- business and undertaken the elimi- Roadmap quired powers to SKST it will oper- nation of the problems pending in Lithuania is gearing up to make its ate as the main engine of Lithuani- the construction sector. He takes it an BIM both at the national and as a personal challenge to imple- entry into the elite club of European international level. However, there ment BIM at the national level. states implementing Building Infor- mation Modeling (BIM) at the na- is still a certain concern that the Versed in the foreign experience in tional level. After several years of Lithuanian government is not yet BIM implementation, Dalius considerations and looking at the fully aware of the benefit provided Gedvilas is also well aware that the Scandinavian example, the Lithua- by BIM to the whole country’s most advanced and strongest Lith- economy. nian construction sector pulled uanian construction companies together to establish a public body The Lithuanian Builders Associa- already use BIM in their domestic Skaitmeninė statyba (SKST) (Eng. tion became the main initiator of and international operations. Nor- Digital Construction), which has SKST. Since the summer of 2013 it way and Sweden are the main become the main advocate of BIM has been led by an experienced foreign markets of Lithuanian con- in Lithuania. construction engineer Dalius struction undertakings. Gedvilas, having put aside his own As soon as the Government, as However, there is a part of compa- E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 13

CUNECO will be selected. Lithuanian LNG terminal con- Yet another principal decision is to struction: a challenge of three establish the IFC format for data milestones exchange in Lithuania, to agree Currently Lithuania imports all natu- upon and to approve the minimum ral gas from the only source – the parameters to be applied in the IFC Russian Federation. In order to format regulation in Lithuania diversify energy sources according among the stakeholders of the to EU directive and National Ener- Participants of the Conference construction process. gy Strategy, Lithuania has made All that should culminate in Skait- decision to implement the project of meninė statyba (http:// Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) termi- nies which have already mastered nal – first of its kind in the Baltics. the use of BIM and consider it their skaitmeninestatyba.lt/) joining competitive advantage. They are buildingSMART International. therefore avoiding to expose them- Among other homework is the initi- selves or to promote BIM imple- ation of development and accredi- mentation at the national level. tation of the BIM study programme as well as the organization of stud- ies under this study programme in higher education establishments. It is self-explanatory and raises no doubts. However, the opinion of SKST stakeholders currently di- verges whether 3D design and the application of BIM methods in ob- jects estimated at EUR 5million or Participants of the Conference more should be made mandatory in public procurement procedures. Such companies are primarily con- Yes, it is eventually going to hap- cerned with their own interests, pen but should it really happen a A bird’s eye view of the future LNG terminal in Lithuania while Dalius Gedvilas is preoccu- year later? pied with the prospects of the The construction of the LNG import whole Lithuanian construction sec- terminal is a national objective that tor, and he is good at finding like- needs to be accomplished in order minded people. to ensure the independence of the On March 5, 2014 the total of 13 energy sector in Lithuania. LNG unions and associations founded a terminal is expected to create natu- public body Skaitmeninė statyba. ral gas market in Lithuania, since Naturally, the Lithuanian Associa- presently country imports the entire tion of Civil Engineers became one quantity of natural gas (around 3 of its founders. In the upcoming Dr. Håvard Bell, CEO Catenda billion cubic meters annually) via autumn, when the meetings of AS, making presentation at BIM only main gas grid laid from Russia members of several more associa- conference in Vilnius across Belarus. Lithuania claims tions take the required decisions, that the price set by Gazprom for SKST will already have about 20 the gas has been not fair for many stakeholders. As for now, Lithuania eagerly gath- years. ers all information available about BIM is not a cheap toy; therefore, Once the terminal starts operating, the use of BIM and its dissemina- projects are being developed for consumers in Lithuania will have a tion across Europe. The BIM con- obtaining the primary financing of possibility to get natural gas at the ference held in Vilnius at the end of operations. With the new EU finan- global market prices. In July 2010, April brought together about 200 cial perspective, attempts will be the Lithuanian government empow- attendants. Among other things, made to seek assistance from the ered state-controlled stock compa- the experts from Norway, Denmark, EU Structural Funds. ny Klaipedos Nafta, which operates the United Kingdom and Finland oil import and export terminal in It is anticipated in the roadmap for noted that Lithuania was in a privi- Klaipeda harbor, to implement the a one-year term approved by the leged position because it could still LNG project. The infrastructure stakeholders of Skaitmeninė avoid the mistakes which have works have started in 2012 and the statyba on April 28 this year. been made by BIM pioneers. launching of the terminal has been The document provides for negotia- By Edvinas Butkus scheduled for the end of 2014. tions with the selected construction Executive Director The LNG terminal itself is a com- classification system owner regard- ing the acquisition of rights for sys- Lithuanian Association of Civil En- pletely new know-how in the region tem use and the legalising of the gineers and its’ implementation requires highly skilled professionals and classification system by November Photos: Photos by Edvinas Butkus 1. It is presumed that the Danish engineering experts for each of the and LBA terminal parts. Works are being E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 14 carried out by international team – form, service platform, berthing and power supply, firefighting pumps from the main contractors to the mooring dolphins, and catwalks. and electric switchboards room. material and equipment suppliers. This is a concrete structure mount- This platform is a rectangular of 30 ed on pillars. The base height is 6,5 m length and 24 m width. It con- Flexible FSRU technology m above sea level. FSRU will re- sists of a reinforced concrete slab The LNG terminal will be based on main moored at the East side while (also 300 mm thick), which lies on three elements: FSRU (Floating at the West side of this platform a a network of reinforced concrete. Storage Regasification Unit), jetty dock for service boats will be built. Piles and beams distribution has and the pipeline. Totally 134 piles were used for the been designed to avoid interfer- ences between holes and beams. jetty construction. One of the core Platform is supported by 24 piles elements of the jetty is high pres- sure gas platform, which will con- distributed in four rows of six piles sist of pile foundations, reinforced each. concrete pile cap and berth for Specific connections service vessels. It has been dimen- Six mooring and three berthing sioned to accommodate facilities, dolphins have been designed, all of needed to reload gas from the them made of reinforced concrete Civil works of the Jetty in pro- FSRU, and the metallic structure and mounted on pillars. All mooring gress for service barge berthing. This dolphins in the terminal consist of a platform is a rectangle of 30 m in 12 x 12 m slabs. The thickness of Klaipedos Nafta is developing the length and 24 m in width, support- the berthing dolphins at the dock infrastructure and will be operating ed by twenty piles distributed in five the terminal. The main activity of side is 4 m to accommodate the rows of four piles each. Platform’s fenders. Mooring dolphins are the terminal will be to receive LNG superstructure consists of a rein- from ocean going LNG carriers, equipped with quick release hooks, forced concrete slab (300 mm capstans and associated equip- store LNG, regasify it and supply thick) which lies on a network of ment and hardware. One of the gas to the main gas grid. It will also reinforced concrete beams and berthing dolphins will be the base offer a service of reloading LNG plates. into smaller vessels for the supplies for the access gangway system. to smaller LNG import terminals, For the communication of the bunkering of LNG-fuelled ships and whole jetty structure catwalks of the other purposes. different length will be constructed. FSRU technology was chosen over A 35 m catwalk joins service plat- an onshore terminal for several form to the south mooring dolphin. reasons. FSRU project requires a Catwalks are made of steel box significantly lower capital invest- type profiles, hollow, in order to minimize the corrosion exposed ment than onshore construction area. Catwalk cross section is a and is faster to implement and involves more flexible technology. rectangle of 1.50 m wide and 2.50 The FSRU is built by South Korean m high. Sides are metallic struc- company Hyundai Heavy Industries tures composed of a triangular Co., Ltd. and is contracted from lattice framework (truss) composed of upper beam, lower beam, diago- Norwegian Höegh LNG Ltd. for 10 nals and stanchions. Catwalks from years lease period with a purchase option. The lease contract guaran- high pressure gas platform to ser- tees such elements as the mainte- vice platform have supports that nance of the FSRU and the crew- hold firefighting pipes, electrical Pipeline work in progress ing. The FSRU will be able to cover and communication cables. 100 per cent of Lithuanian gas Berth for service vessels will be Specific Agom R-Max bearings for demand (up to 4 billion cubic me- made out of steel sections. It con- catwalk supports on concrete ters). The LNG vessel will be per- sists of 4 main frames that will be decks are designed to carry combi- manently moored to a fixed jetty attached to the reinforced concrete nations of vertical loads, horizontal that forms part of the marine facili- superstructure and piles. Main loads, longitudinal and transversal ty. frames will be interconnected with movements and rotations. From The jetty is being constructed by three chords which in turn are inter- civil engineering point of view, in Latvian company BMGS AS in connected by struts. total approximately 6500 cubic southern part of Klaipeda port, the meters of concrete, 900 tons of Another important part of the jetty reinforcement and 250 tons of steel Curonian Lagoon next to the Ki- is service platform. It relatively aules Nugaros (Pig Back’s) island. structures will be used for jetty could be divided in three parts: pile construction. The total superstructure will cover foundations, reinforced concrete 653 square meters. pile cap and berth for service ves- Installation with HDD Gas and service platforms sels. The whole structure consists The jetty is connected to approxi- of a concrete base mounted over mately 18 km a pipeline, where The jetty is composed of several pillars. The service platform has structures: high pressure gas plat- offshore laid pipe length is about 3 been designed to accommodate km. Through this pipeline gas will E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 15 be transmitted to the consumers. gas send-out facilities on the jetty, be operational. The pipeline will originate in the a gas metering station to be locat- Due to the strengthened environ- Klaipeda harbor at the jetty where ed close to the tie-in point of the mental requirements from 2015, gas transmission grid, two main the FSRU is moored. Pipeline route the vessels sailing in the Baltic Sea line valves sites along the pipeline works are being carried out by and the North Sea will have to German company PPS Pipeline route, a third one at the metering consume lower sulphur content Systems and have started on High station and a fourth to provide for a fuels. LNG, being clean fuel in Pressure Gas Platform. The begin- connection for a future pipeline and terms of environmental protection, ning of pipeline route in the conti- also tie in to the existing gas distri- will become one of alternatives to bution grid. nent is in the coast site on the the other fuels, as no sulphur com- Smelte peninsula in the land, which Starting this year pounds exist in its composition. is property of Klaipeda port. All LNG terminal project implemen- Klaipedos Nafta (http://www.oil.lt/ Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) tation works are being designed index.php?id=home&L=1) is look- technique is being provided for and executed in compliance with ing for such business opportunity as well. Curonian Lagoon crossing, where the requirements provided in the the water is 3-9 meters deep. The Environmental Impact Assessment pipeline will be laid for flow in one (EIA). Construction is planned to be Written and translated by Klaipedos direction from the FSRU to the finished and LNG terminal will be Nafta 2014.05.29 Lithuania natural gas distribution operational from December 2014. grid. Gas pipeline is being laid from About one billion cubic meters of Photographs copyright Klaipedos the LNG terminal through the Cu- gas is expected to be regasified Nafta ronian Lagoon to the coast by drill- during the first year of terminal ing an underground borehole and operation. Designated supplier JSC pushing gas pipes under Pig LitGas shall import minimum gas Back‘s island and Curonian Lagoon quantity (540 million cubic meters at the depth of 25-35 m. annually) that is necessary for the In addition to the whole pipeline uninterruptible terminal operation, infrastructure, the works include therefore the terminal shall always POLAND

12th Engineers’ Forum “Bridge of the Polish Chamber of Civil Engi- absorb structural funds by science Construction Innovations” neers, Prof. Janusz Szelka, Chair- and economy.

man of the Polish Society of Bridge J.(Photo Rymsza) PoniatowskiBridge, Warsaw Traditionally, the 12th Engineers’ Engineers, and Prof. Marek Bar- Forum took place in Poznań, on tosik, Vice President of the Acade- the day of the opening of the Inno- vations-Technologies-Machines my of Engineering in Poland. The Fair, i.e. 3 June 2014. This year’s President of the Polish Federation Forum was organized by: Polish of Engineering Associations, Ewa Federation of Engineering Associa- Mańkiewicz-Cudny warmly wel- comed all participants and guests, tions – NOT, Polish Chamber of especially the guest of honour, Civil Engineers, Polish Society of Bridge Engineers, Poznań Interna- Prof. Jacek Guliński, the Under- tional Fair and Academy of Engi- Secretary of State in the Ministry of neering in Poland. The 12th Engi- Science and Higher Education, and neers’ Forum took place in the Ewa Tomala-Borucka, General Poznań International Fair Congress Director for National Roads and Motorways. Stefan Czarniecki, the Centre, under the heading of The Forum’s agenda included four Vice President of the Polish Cham- “Brigde Construction Innova- panels. The first, general one, was ber of Civil Engineers, in a short tions”. Among its 250 participants, devoted to the innovation support the Forum featured numerous rep- speech stressed the role and im- in the new financial framework resentatives of the scientific, eco- portance of construction engineers 2014-2020, and featured the follow- nomic and technical communities. for the Polish economy and their ing speakers: Marcin Łata, the part in the implementation of inno- director of the Competitiveness and The agenda of the engineers’ de- vative technologies and materials. bate was interesting and aroused Innovation Department in the Minis- huge interest of the participants. The Forum’s guest of honour, Prof. try of Infrastructure and Develop- The 12th Engineers’ Forum was Jacek Guliński, the Under- ment, Ewa Tomala-Borucka, Gen- Secretary of State in the Ministry of eral Director for National Roads opened by the representatives of Science and Higher Education, in and Motorways, Maciej its organizers. They appeared in the following order: Ewa Mańkie- his speech pointed to the need for Chrzanowski of the National Centre wicz-Cudny, President of the Polish close relationships between sci- for Research and Development, Federation of Engineering Associa- ence and business. Referring to the and Tomasz Kierzkowski, the direc- tions – NOT, Andrzej Byrt, Presi- Forum’s topic, he said that on the tor of the EU Funds and Public ‘bridges’ between science and Program Office in PEKAO S.A. In dent of Poznań International Fair, economy depends the capability to the second panel, the scientists: Stefan Czarniecki, Vice President E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 16

Prof. Jan Biliszczuk of Wrocław  the possibility to obtain only an and the possibility to University of Technology, Prof. unlimited combined license to acknowledge the student in- Henryk Zobel of Warsaw University design and supervise construc- ternship as a part or as the of Technology, Prof. Tomasz tion works with no possibility to whole of the professional intern- Siwowski of Rzeszow University of obtain separate licenses to de- ship; the agreements with uni- Technology, Prof. Janusz Szelka of sign and to supervise versities shall be signed by the Military Academy of Land Forces, chamber national bodies, i.e. the and Prof. Janusz Rymsza of the  the inclusion of the following National Council of the Polish Road and Bridge Research Insti- specialties into the civil engi- Chamber of Civil Engineers tute presented the studies offer neering and construction spe- concerning the innovations in the cialty:  the regulations providing the bridge construction. The third pan- possibility to grant the survey-  road el, entitled ‘Innovations applied in or title, were transferred from the provisions of the Building the bridge construction’ included  Bridge presentations by Polish companies Law act to the provisions of participating in the bridge invest-  railway the act on professional associ- ments execution, i.e. MOSTY- ations – the difference in rela- demolition ŁÓDŹ S.A., VISTAL Construction  tion to the current state is: Sp. z o.o., Firma GOTOWSKI –  the liquidation of the telecom-  the possibility to grant the Budownictwo Komunikacyjne i munications specialty title for a limited period of Przemysłowe Sp. z o.o., and time MOSTMARPAL Sp. z o.o. The  a slight shortening of the de- fourth panel included the presenta- sign internship  the requirement to be a tions of professional profiles of member of the chamber  the liquidation of the surveyor three young innovative engineers. lack of entry into the Cen- The following introduced them- function.  selves: Paweł Gulak, MSc Eng, of tral Surveyor Register, PERI Polska company, Piotr maintained by the General As a result of numerous sub- Rychlewski, MSc Eng, of the Road Office of Building Control; stantive discussions, ultimately: and Bridge Research Institute, and the list of surveyors will be Paweł Hawryszków, PhD Eng, of  the possibility to obtain sepa- maintained by the Polish Chamber of Civil Engi- Wrocław University of Technology. rate licenses to design and to neers. supervise construction works was reintroduced The above changes concerned the By Bożena Makuch (Polish Federa- provisions of the Building Law act, the building licenses in all tion Of Engineering Associations -  while to the act on professional NOT) current specialties were kept, associations two significant chang- however, under slightly different es were introduced. The first one names concerns the liquidation of the ur- What will the ‘deregulation’ ban planner professional associa- bring?  the hydraulic engineering spe- cialty was added tion, while the other concerns the The draft act on the facilitation of changes in the membership of the the access to practicing certain  the possibility was introduced chamber of architects and civil regulated professions, the so called to obtain unlimited license engineers. According to the draft: ‘deregulation act’, has been passed regarding execution for 1st de- the members of the Polish by the Sejm and is currently await- gree engineers and to a limited Chamber of Architects shall in- ing to be signed by the President of extent by technicians and fore- clude the persons: the Republic of Poland. The works men on the draft regulations lasted from I. having building license in the September 2012.  the institution of a patron was architecture specialty (architects introduced, but the possibility to and civil engineers): The accepted version of the draft shorten the internship period by significantly differs form its original 1) to design, unlimited the patron was abandoned, con- form, which resulted from numer- trary to the initial draft provisions 2) to design, limited ous substantive discussions, legal 3) to supervise construction works, opinions and comments from the  a regulation was introduced, unlimited interested communities. The legal according to which, the positive changes concern the provisions of result at the written part of the 4) to supervise construction works, the Building Law act as well as the exam is valid for 3 years from limited act on professional associations. its achieving 5) to design and supervise con- The basic assumption for the solu-  the design internship period struction works, unlimited tions adopted in the draft is the was shortened by half, i.e. from 6) to design and supervise con- facilitation and acceleration on the two years to one year struction works, limited obtained way to obtaining building license on the basis of the act of 7 July enabling to practice the profession. the possibility was introduced  1994, the Construction Law, i.e. Analyzing the nature of the chang- to be exempt from the building after 1 January 1995. es, it should be noted that initially license exam by the power of the following were provided: agreement with the university E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 17

II. having unlimited license in the c) electrical and electrical ing building license in the archi- architecture specialty to design power tecture speciality, obtained after (architects) obtained before coming obtained on the basis of the act of 1 January 1995, will be obliged into force of the act of 7 July 1994, 7 July 1994, the Construction Law, to be members of the chamber of the Construction Law, i.e. before 1 i.e. after 1 January 1995. architects, if the said persons January 1995. would want to use the license in II. having unlimited license in the this scope. The remaining mem- scope corresponding to the scope bership regulations shall remain the members of the Chamber of of the specialties mentioned in unchanged. Civil Engineers shall include the point I, obtained before coming into In view of the above, it should be persons: force of the act of 7 July 1994, the noted that the regulations shall not I. having building license in all Construction Law, i.e. before 1 January 1995. affect the practising of the profes- scopes in the specialty of: sion by individual members of the 1) civil engineering and construc- III. having building license in the Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers, tion architecture specialty (architects i.e. shall not require obtaining addi- and civil engineers): tional entry into the Chamber of 2) engineering: 1) to design, limited Architects list. a) bridge, 2) to supervise construction The discussed regulations shall b) road, works, unlimited come into force after 60 days from the date of the announce- c) railway, 3) to supervise construction ment of the act. d) hydraulic engineering, works, limited

e) demolition; obtained before the date of the coming into force of the act of 7 By Dr. Joanna Smarż (Polish 3) installation, covering networks, July 1994, the Construction Law, Chamber of Civil Engineers) installations and equipment: i.e. before 1 January 1995. a) telecommunications, To sum up the above, it should be b) heating, ventilation, gas, noted that the change in relation to water supply and sewage the current regulations will be that system, only the group of persons hav-

60th ECCE MEETING & CONFERENCE

The 60th ECCE General Meeting will be held on 17-18 October 2014 at the Sheraton Warsaw Hotel, in Warsaw, Poland, hosted by the Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers (PCCE).

The ECCE Meeting will be combined with the International Conference "Modern solutions in the bridges construction" that will be held in the morning of Friday 17th October 2014. The Interna- tional Conference will be co-organized by ECCE and PCCE.

Please find hereunder the links for further information about the 60th ECCE General Meeting and the Conference: 60th ECCE General Meeting & Conference Information

E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 18 CONFERENCES & EVENTS

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2014, 21-26 Exhibition: [email protected] September 2014, Lisbon, Portugal

World Engineering Conference on Sustainable In- frastructure, 2nd - 7th November 2014, Abuja - Nigeria.

Form 21-26 September 2014 the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2014 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal. Over 5,000 global water leaders will meet in Lisbon in September 2014, to discuss innovations, sci- The World Federation of Engineering Organizations) ence, business development and new insight and fore- has granted approval to the Nigerian Society Engineers sight for decision makers in the water sector. Included to host the World Engineering Conference on Sustaina- in the overall congress programme are Forums tackling ble Infrastructure with the theme: Development of Sus- key issues, bringing together current trends, latest re- tainable Infrastructure in Africa. It is scheduled to hold search, guiding strategies, and leading practice; Water between 2nd-7th of November 2014 in Abuja. & Industry Forum; Water Regulators Forum; Utility For more information visit the WECSI 2014 website. Leaders Forum; Water & Cleantech Forum.

For more information visit the IWA2014 website. American Society of Civil Engineers

International Conference on Sustainable Infrastruc- Water for Today and Tomorrow, October 28-30, ture 2014 2014, Tianjin, China 6th - 8th November 2014,, The Chinese Hy- draulic Engineering Long Beach, California, USA Society (CHES) and Conference Objectives the Canadian Socie- Infrastructure is an essential component of national ty for Civil Engineer- competitiveness and social well-being. Designing and ing delivering infrastructure systems that truly contribute to (CSCE) are jointly sustainability throughout their service life is the theme hosting an international conference on water resources of this conference. to be held in Tianjin, China The International Conference on Sustainable Infrastruc- (about a two hour commute from Beijing) during Octo- ture (ICSI) 2014 will focus on sustainability in the built ber 28-30, 2014. Tianjin is home to one of the most environment, presenting relevant engineering research, prestigious universities in China: demonstrations and applications that contribute to com- Tianjin University which will be a sponsor and contribute petitiveness and well-being. Presentations and panel to local organization of the conference. There are vari- discussions will cover sustainable infrastructure plan- ous means of travel between Tianjin and Beijing includ- ning, financing, design, construction and operation: how ing a bullet train that makes the trip in about 30 practitioners are improving sustainable performance to minutes. meet the critical challenges of a changing operating environment.

For more information visit the ASCE website. IABSE Conference ‘Elegance in Structures’

The IABSE Conference ‘Elegance in Structures’ will be held in Nara, Japan, from May 13-15, 2015. Participants wishing to present a paper according to the Themes and Topics, are kindly invited to submit an abstract online at: www.iabse.org/nara2015 Themes and Topics: Historical Structures; Aesthetic Design; New Application of Materials to Structure; Inno- vations of Analysis, Design and Construction; Smart Solutions to Mitigate Natural Disasters; New Technolog- ical Advances on Sustainability; New Structural Form. Abstract submission: www.iabse.org/nara2015 Download brochure: Preliminary Invitation and Call for Papers Sponsorship/Commercial E - J O U R N A L 6 P A G E 19 ECCE Network

European Commission - Enterprise and Industry Directorate General

European Commission - Internal Market and Services Directorate General

European Construction Forum (ECF)

European Council for Construction Research, Development and Innovation (ECCREDI) European Civil Engineering Education and Training (EUCEET) Association

European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)

Council of Association of Long Cycle Engineers of a University or Higher School of Engineering of the European Union (CLAIU - EU) European Council of Engineers Chambers (ECEC)

European Federation of National Engineering Organizations (FEANI)

World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)

World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE)

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)

Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE) ECCE Members

BULGARIA HUNGARY Union of Civil Engineers in Bulgaria Hungarian Chamber of Engineers RUSSIA Russian Society of Civil Engineering CROATIA IRELAND Croatian Chamber of Architects and Engi- Engineers Ireland SERBIA neers Serbian Chamber of Engineers ITALY CYPRUS Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri SLOVAK REPUBLIC Cyprus Council of Civil Engineers Slovak Chamber of Civil Engineers LATVIA CZECH REPUBLIC Latvian Association of Civil Engineers SLOVENIA Czech Institution of Structural & Civil Slovenian Chamber of Engineers Engineers LITHUANIA SPAIN ESTONIA Lithuanian Association of Civil Engineers Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales Estonian Association of Civil Engineers MALTA y Puertos Chamber of Architects and Civil Engineers FINLAND MONTENEGRO TURKEY Finnish Association of Civil Engineers Engineers Chamber of Montenegro -Civil Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers Engineers Chamber FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM National Council of Engineers and Scientists POLAND Institution of Civil Engineers of France Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers

GEORGIA PORTUGAL Georgian Society of Civil Engineers Order of Engineers

GREECE ROMANIA Association of Civil Engineers of Greece Union of Associations of Civil Engineers of Romania ECCE Associate Members

The European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE) was created in 1985 out of the common concern of the pro- fessional bodies for Civil Engineers in Europe that the Civil Engineers working together across Europe could offer much more to assist Europe advance its built Envi- European Council of Civil ronment and protect the natural environment. Engineers Secretariat: At the European Union level, ECCE aims to promote the Thiras 49 highest technical and ethical standards, to provide a 112 52, Athens source of impartial advice, and promote co-operation with other pan-European organizations in the construc- Greece tion industry. ECCE also advises and influences individ- Phone/ Fax: +30 210 8623 992 ual governments and professional institutions, formu- E-mail: [email protected] lates standards and achieves a mutual compatibility of Web: www.ecceengineers.eu different regulations controlling the profession, and formulates standards for a European Code of Conduct “Civil Engineers at the Heart of Society Building Life Quality and a Sustainable of the Civil Engineering Profession and disciplinary Environment” procedures applicable throughout the Union.