Society expects buildings, bridges and other civil engineering structures to possess an adequate level of safety for the intended service life. However, structural safety is affected by many uncertainties related to material and geometrical properties, system behaviour, load and degradation effects, etc. The need to systematically quantify and correctly consider such uncertainties in reliability assessments of structures made of various materials and for various purposes was one of the main reasons for establishing an international research organisation – the Joint Committee on Structural Safety. Over half a century ago, the founding associations included IABSE, CIB, ECCS, fib, IASS, and RILEM.

The workshop organised on the occasion of the 50th anniversary attempts to overview the JCSS achievements and identify and discuss the challenges to be addressed in future. Experts from the founding associations and key JCSS members will present invited contributions focused on the following topics:

• quantification of uncertainties of loads, load effects and structural resistance,
• reliability analysis of new and existing structures made of common and new materials,
• risk assessment, acceptance criteria,
• decision-making under uncertainty, climate change and sustainability aspects,
• simplified safety concepts and code calibration.

Format: The workshop will only comprise of invited contributions of experts from JCSS-founding associations and JCSS members. Both in-person and online participation will be supported. The number of in-person participants is limited to 50.

Registration: via email – Miroslav Sykora, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Technical and organization committee:

• Miroslav Sykora, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic,
• Maria Giuseppina Limongelli, Politecnico Milano, Italy,
• Michael H. Faber, Aalborg University, Denmark,
• Jochen Köhler, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

For more information and to register, please refer to the flyer.