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70th ECCE General Meeting

24 - 25 September 2019, Lisbon, Portugal

The 70th General Meeting of the European Council of Civil Engineers was held on 24-25 September 2019, in Lisbon, Portugal hosted by the Ordem dos Engenheiros de Portugal (The Portuguese Engineers Association). The 70th ECCE General Meeting was held in parallel with the Lisbon Civil Engineering Summit 2019 (CES2019) that was organized from 24 to 28 September 2019, at LNEC- The National Civil Engineering Laboratory.

During the five days of the CES2019 engineers from around the world were gathered in Lisbon to share knowledge, challenges and projects. This international event aimed to discuss, with a global and integrative approach, the main issues that currently affect the community of civil engineers, who seek solutions to new and also old challenges, in which its role will have a major impact, as climate change, food and water security, safety construction and all the other UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Simultaneously with the CES2019, Lisbon also hosted the World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE), the European Council of Civil Engineers (ECCE), the European Council of Engineers Chambers (ECEC) and the Engineering Association of Mediterranean Countries (EAMC) General Assemblies.

 

Press Release on the 70th ECCE General Meeting

 

Materials from the 70th ECCE General Meeting:

70th ECCE General Meeting Final Agenda

 

70th ECCE General Meeting Agenda Presentation

 

Minutes from the 69th ECCE General Meeting

 

ECCE Brief Activity Report June - September 2019

 

Report on ECCE's visit to the Russian Society of Civil Engineers - Moscow Department

 

Construction News by Aris Chatzidakis, ECCE President

 

Civil Engineering: Gender perspective in Europe by Cristina Machado, WCCE Standing Committee Chair on Gender Equality

 

Civil Engineering: Gender perspective in the Americas by Alejandra Fogel, Argentinian Representative on WCCE's Standing Committee on Gender Equality

 

The need for integrating structural / seismic upgrade of existing buildings in parallel with energy efficiency improvements by Platonas Stylianou, ECCE Executive Board Member

 

Ethics and professional practice by Emilio Colon, WCCE Past President

 

Civil Engineering Big Data Primer by Jorge Emilio Abramian, WCCE President Elect 

 

WCCE's Water related initiatives by Teodoro Estrela Monreal, WCCE Standing Committee Chair on Water

 

Appropriate regulation for enhancing global practice of civil engineering by José Francisco Saéz, ECCE Executive Board Member

 

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for creation of INESCO (International Network of Civil Engineers on Safety Construction) signed between ECCE and WCCE

 

Presentations from ECCE members in the Lisbon Civil Engineering Summit 2019:

Guiding principles for the future of Civil Engineering by Aris Chatzidakis, ECCE President

 

The need for integrating Structural / Seismic Upgrade of Existing Buildings, in parallel with Energy Efficiency Improvements by Platonas Stylianou, ExBo Member 

 

Photo Gallery of the Lisbon Civil Engineering Summit 2019

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