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I am glad that at the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024) held in July 2024 , Milan, Italy, timber as a material for new structures as well as a material for rehabilitation, strengthening and upgrading of existing structures was presented very well.
Thank you, Angelo Aloisio, Roberto Tomasi, Ivan Giongo, for inviting me to present the work of our team. But also Daniele Casagrande, Massimo Fragiacomo, Martina Sciomenta and others for the efforts.
I had two presentations:
1.“Use of a timber in post earthquake reconstruction in Croatia – case studies”, where I presented several post earthquake design projects done by the Chair for Timber structures Faculty of Civil Engineering Zagreb (with my colleagues Jure Barbalić and Nikola Perković) at the session ASR-2: Timber based seismic retrofitting system for existing structures.
2. “ Introduction to the work of CEN/TC 250/SC 5/WG12/ “Assessment and retrofitting of the timber existing structures” where I presented as a convener current plans of the newly formed working group WG12 at the session ASR-8: Use of timber for the sustainable earthquake protection of existing buildings.
The incorporation of timber into new and existing structures is a notable advancement towards creating a more environmentally friendly and durable built environment.
Also, the conference was a great opportunity to meet colleagues from all over the world dealing with similar research in timber structures to exchange ideas and the results of our Hrvatska zaklada za znanost (Croatian Science Foundation) project ECO-WOOD Structures Without Adhesives and Metal Connectors.
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