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Wednesday 17th September 2008
19:30: Welcome Dinner, Rica Parken Hotel, Aalesund
Thursday 18th September 2008
08:30 Registration, Rica Parken Hotel, Aalesund
Parallel
session 1
ECCS Technical meeting session
Chairman: Luis da Silva, Portugal, Chairman of the
ECCS TMB (Technical Management Board) |
Parallel
session 2
Nordic Steel and Metal
Stockholders Day
Chairman: Peter Söderqvist, Norsk Stål AS |
09:00
ECCS Technical activities
– Publications: Design guides, worked examples etc..
– New TC´s: environmental, architecture and seismic
By Luis da Silva, Portugal, Chairman ot
ECCS TMB |
09:00
The Economic and Steel Market Situation
– EU Macro-economic overview
– The EU Steel Market
By Gordon Moffat, Director General of EUROFER |
09:30 Sustainability
of steel constructions
– Advantages of steel
– Life cycle analyses
By Dip. Ing. Helena Gervásio, University of Coimbra, Portugal
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09:30
European Steel Supply Situation
– Import and export figures
– Historic and future demand figures
– Supply, sale and stocks by products
By Patrick Le Pense, ArcelorMittal |
10:00
Performance and benefits of using high strength steels
– In multi-storey buildings and
– Specific features when located in seismic areas
By Dan Dubina, Politehnica, University of Timisoara, Romania |
10:00
Development of metal prices
– Background information
By Tom Frode Hansen, Manager Product / Purchase,
Norsk Stål AS |
| 10:30
Coffee break
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10:45 Structural
Steel Fire Engineering
– ISO fire vs Natural fire according to Eurocode
– Optimisation of composite structure and fire protection
(Active, passive)
– Fire building regulations
By Louis-Guy Cajot, R&D, ArcelorMittal
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10:45
The Steel Eco-Cycle,
a unique and strategic Environmental Programme
– How to increase the efficiency in production, use and recycling
of steel
– How to reduce energy use and carbon dioxide emission
– Environmental evaluation decision-models
By Göran Andersson Jernkontoret/SSAB Tunnplåt |
11:15
Structural Steel Research and Design:
– Where Are We Heading?
By Professor Reidar Bjørhovde, USA |
11:15
Offshore Constructions & Future Opportunities and Challenges
– including Ormen Lange Gas Field
By Juha Vakkari, Aker Solutions |
| 12:00
Lunch
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Joint
session: ECCS
Market development and Promotion meeting invites to:
"European Steel Construction Forum"
Chairman: Bertrand Lemoine, France, Chairman of the
ECCS PMB (Promotion Management Board)
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13:30
ECCS Market development and Promotion activities.
European statistics on constructional Steelwork 2007
By Bertrand Lemoine, France, Chairman of the
ECCS PMB |
14:00 Increased
market share for structural steel.
How did it happen in the France and UK?
– Enterprise strategy and new design code effects
– Interactions of Fabricators and Stockholders relationship
By Richard Barrett, British Constructional Steelwork Association
(BCSA)
By Marc Coppens, Construir Acier, France |
14:40
CE Marking, a marketing opportunity.
CE Marking of Structural Steelwork according to
new EN 1090-1
– Applicability
– Identify Execution Class and performance characteristics
– Conformity by Initial Type Testing (ITT) and Factory Production
Control (FPC) system
– Certification of Steelwork FPC system
– How to set up a Certified Welding Quality Management system (WQM)
By Dr Roger Pope, technical consultant, British Constructional Steelwork Association
(BCSA) and Chairman of
ECCS/TC 9 |
15:30
Improving Environmental Performance by purchasing "green" products
– Consequences of EU´s Public Procurement Directive and more intensifying environmental policy
By Prof. Luís Bragança, Portugal |
| 16:00
Coffee Break |
16:30
Material order and supply situation
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
Chairman: Bertrand Lemoine, France, Chairman of the
ECCS PMB
– Order specification and options
– Ordering systems and documentation
– How to ensure supply and price conditions
– Customer relationship management
With an introduction by representatives from each of Steel Makers, Stockholders and Fabricators
Steel Makers: Patrick Le Pense (ArcelorMittal) and Alan Todd (Corus)
Fabricators: Marc Coppens (ConstruirAcier) and Richard Barrett (Barrett Steel Ltd)
Stockholders: John Børge Halvorsen (Ruukki Norge AS)
Discussion with Directors and representatives from Steel Makers, Stockholders and Fabricators |
| 18:00
End |
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Optional social activity in the afternoon:
13:30: A guided historic walk in Aalesund town |
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19:15 Bus transfer from Rica Parken Hotel to the
Atlantic Sea Park
19:30 ECCS Annual
Dinner
The Atlantic Sea Park, Aalesund |
Friday 19th September 2008
ECCS
annual meetings 2008
Rica Parken Hotel, Aalesund
ECCS Chairman: Volkmar Bergmann – Germany |
| 09:00
ECCS
Executive Board Meeting |
| 10:30
Coffee break |
| 11:00
ECCS
Executive Board Meeting (contin.) |
| 12:30
Lunch |
| 14:00
ECCS
Annual General Meeting 2008 |
| 15:30
Coffee break |
| 16:00
ECCS
Annual General Meeting 2008 (contin.) |
| 17:00 End |
Optional social day tour:
10:00 A boating excursion on Hjørund Fjord to Union Hotel Øye
and Ekornes ASA
factory.
15:30 Arrival Aalesund |
Program as pdf-file, download here.
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