IABSE New York 2019

New York, USA - Last September 2-6, 2019, Civil Engineering Department Professor, Dr. Bernardo Lejano, presented his paper with the title "C-section Cold-Formed Steel as Structural Members in Housing Construction in the Philippines" in the 2019 IABSE (International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineer Congress) Congress New York. Other Philippine members who attended were Jani Cunanan and Asisclo Villafuerte. 

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MODES CPD Lecture co-organized by the IABSE-PH Group

The Philippine Group of IABSE is co-organizing the MODES CPD Lecture with the Dept. of Civil Engineering, DLSU, Manila and HIRUN International on Feb. 22, 2020 at DLSU, Manila.

IABSE members, Dr. Andres Oreta, Engr. Rey Flordeliza and Dr. Rodolfo Mendoza, Jr. will be the resource speakers together with Dr. Agostino Marioni of HIRUN International.

Information Forum on “Outstanding Structures”

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The Philippine Group of IABSE, in support to IABSE’s 90^th Founding Anniversary, conducted an Information Forum on “Outstanding Structures: Learning lessons from IABSE OStrA awardees & finalists for the most remarkable, innovative, creative & stimulating structures." The forum featured IABSE’s OSTRA awardees and finalists with highlights on the innovations and significance of each bridge and building structure.

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              The Department of Civil Engineering of De La Salle University supported the event. Organizing this event are IABSE-PH members from DLSU, Dr. Andy Oreta (IABSE-PH Chair), Dr. Jonathan Dungca (IABSE-PH Secretary), Cheryl Roxas and Erica Uy. The resource persons were IABSE members, Juanito Cunanan, Adam Abinales, Rey C.D. Singh, Wennie Oclarino and Asisclo Villafuerte. BBR Philippines and Abinales Associates Engineers & Consultants sponsored the event.

              About 40 participants including the organizers from the academe, consulting firms and government institutions attended the forum. The forum also was an opportunity to promote IABSE – benefits for members, IABSE publications and conferences in 2019 and 2020. It is hoped that through this event, the participants will register as members of IABSE and attend IABSE conferences and symposia.

Watch the slide show of the event here: https://www.slideshare.net/andyoreta/iabse-ostra-forum-2019

IABSE-PH Forum on Outstanding Structures

The Philippine Group of IABSE and the Department of Civil Engineering, De La Salle University will hold an Information Forum on ÖUTSTANDING STRUCTURES" om May 4, 2019 at VH207, DLSU, Manila. The forum will highlight lessons on structural design  and construction of IABSE Outstanding Structures awardees and finalists. The IABSE Outstanding Structure Award (OStrA) was established in 1998. It is one of the highest distinctions awarded by IABSE and recognises, in different regions of the world, some of the most remarkable, innovative, creative, or otherwise stimulating structures. Sustainability and respect of the environment is also an important factor.

To present selected outstanding structures are Philippine Group members of IABSE:

• Engr. Juanito Cunanan - to present outstanding bridges 
• Engr. Adam Abinales - to present outstanding vertical structures

The forum will also promote IABSE, now that it celebrates its 90th year. Dr. Jonathan Dungca and Engr. Asisclo Villafuerte will share their experience and learnings as IABSE members and participant in one of the IABSE symposiums and conferences. Dr. Dungca attended IABSE-Stockholm in 2016 while Villafuerte attended IABSE-Vancouver, Canada in 2017. Dr. Oreta will present about IABSE - history and benefits.

Civil and structural engineers are invited to attend the forum. Register online at https://goo.gl/forms/54j60eBiVoUPGCXn1

IABSE Spring Conference - KL, Malaysia 2018

Oreta, Tan, Cunanan and Guevarra

Members of the Philippine Group of IABSE attended the IABSE Spring Conference 2018 at Double Tree by Hilton, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 25-27, 2018. Dr. Andres Winston Oreta (DLSU professor), chair of the Philippine Group presented the paper co-authored with Nikko Villanueva and Maejan Cuartero entitled, "Strength Properties and Microscopic Observations of Concrete with Plastic Wastes as Partial Aggregate Substitute."  Engr. Kenneth Guevarra (MSCE student at DLSU) presented the paper with Dr. Jason Ongpeng (DLSU Assoc. Professor) and Prof. Sohichi Hirose (Tokyo Institute of Technology), "Air-Coupled Nonlinear Ultrasonic Test for RC Beams." 

New IABSE member, Engr. Juanito Cunanan, Director of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines also attended the conference.

At the conference, the Philippine members met Filipinos, Mr Chep Uytiepo (IABSE Executive Director based at Zurich), Ms. Sherryl Hammerli of IABSE Secretariat (Zurich) and Reignard Tan of Multiconsult (Norway).

With Reignanrd Tan and Sherryl Hammerli

With IABSE Executive Director Chep Uytiepo (Right)

Links to IABSE Events in 2018 & 2019

The IABSE Conference ‘Engineering the Developing World‘ will be held in Kuala Lumpur from April 2018, 25-27.  

 Danish IABSE invites you to Denmark, to share your experience within operation and maintenance of bridges and other civil engineering structures in the IABSE Conference Copenhagen: Engineering the Past, to Meet the Needs of the Future on June 24-27, 2018. Abstracts due on Nov. 20, 2017.

Nantes, France, will host the 40th IABSE Symposium with the main theme of 'Tomorrow’s Megastructures'. Abstracts: Oct 15, 2017

IABSE Symposium Guimarães 2019 ‘Towards a Resilient Built Environment – Risk and Asset Management’ is scheduled on March 27-29, 2019 at Guimares, Portugal. Abstracts deadline: Feb. 28, 2018

IABSE-PH members at Scientific Committee of IABSE KL Spring Conference 2018

The IABSE Conference ‘Engineering the Developing World‘ will be held in Kuala Lumpur from April 2018, 25-27. The Conference is being hosted by the Malaysian Group of IABSE. The Organising Committee is being chaired by Paul Mullins and the Scientific Committee is being chaired by David Collings.


Philippine Group members of IABSE, Dr. Andres Oreta, Dr. Jason Maximino Ongpeng and Engr. Vin Coper Gonzales volunteered to be members of the scientific committee. The scientific committee is tasked to review the abstracts and papers submitted to the conference.