WelcomeEurocodes Implementation: 

Training – ‘JRC report’

Artur PintoSilvia DimovaLuisa Sousa

Borislava Nikolova

Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

J‐C Juncker (President Elect) 10 Political priorities 

1. A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment

2. A Connected Digital Single Market

3. A Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy

4. A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

5. A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

6. A Reasonable and Balanced Free Trade Agreement with the U.S.

7. An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust

8. Towards a New Policy on Migration

9. A Stronger Global Actor

10. A Union of Democratic Change

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

All-over the world

EU/EFTA MS: on-going Commission enquiry

Are/will be the Eurocodes implemented?

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Eurocodes implementation

No other standards/regulations (will be) used in parallel

Are/will be the Eurocodes obligatory?

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Harmonized use of the Eurocodes in EU/EFTA

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Commission NDPs database: acceptance of recommended values (analysis based on 56.3 % of data available, by 4 September 2014)

12 countries with > 75% NDPs uploaded

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Who?

•European Commission (DG ENTR and DG JRC) •In cooperation with: CEN, Member States, and National Standardization Bodies (NSBs)

How?

•Informatics tools (Eurocodes website, helpdesk, NDPs database, publications database, …) •Training Workshops (Level 1, Level 2/3)

Support to the Implementation of the Eurocodes

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Eurocodes: Background and ApplicationsBrussels, 18-20 February 2008

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• 320 participants, 60 lecturers• all Eurocodes covered (-EC6)

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Eurocodes: Training and Promotion

With Worked Examples

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Professional position of the participants

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

How effective was the workshop in achieving the stated objectives?

Evaluation by the participants

Was the presented material appropriate?

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Publishing JRC reports with worked examples

Published 2012Published 2012

Published 2013Published 2014

Published 2014

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

2005 –Start of the

JRC –Eurocodes promotion with pilot events

2008 - Strategy for Promotion

(JRC Report )

2009 –2011 ‘BSI project’

Promotion in 3rd

countries

2012 -2014 Eurocodes Promotion on the Basis of Political Drivers (e.g.

EU-Russia dialogues, and E&I -Balkan Region)

2014Coordinated promotion

of European standards

and policies

International Promotion and Training on the Eurocodes with the involvement of the JRC and

Support of DG ENTR

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Level 2/3 Training WorkshopsWorkshops with worked examples

• Workshop with worked examples on 16-17 October 2014 on Design of Steel Buildings with the Eurocodes: A Technical Report with the Worked Examples will be published by the JRC (beginning …2015)

• Organized by the Commission (DG ENTR and DG JRC) in collaboration with ECCS, CEN/CENELEC MC, CEN/TC250, CEN/TC250/SC3

• 73 participants registered from almost all EU countries; 1 participant from Morocco

• Special thanks to our lecturers!

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

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12Nb. of Participants + Lecturers + Organizers =

73 + 11 + 4 = 88

88 participants from 26 countries

Eurocodes ‐ Design of steel buildings with worked examples Brussels, 16  ‐ 17  October 2014

Thank you ! A fruitful workshop !

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