Research Position on Structural Engineering available at University of Minho, Portugal

Date for your diary: The 8th International Masonry Conference will be held July 4th-7th 2010 in Dresden, Germany.

This PII project is evaluating the implementation of an advanced energy standard on a large scale housing development. It is being undertaken by the Centre for the Built Environment at Leeds Metropolitan University. For details visit the CEBE projects website or see page 9 of NHBC Standards Extra issue 41.

At the AGM on 1st July 2008, Mr John Haynes took office as President of the International Masonry Society for the year 2008/9 and Mr Michael Driver became the new President-Elect.

Thomas Telford Training are running 1-day couses in the Design of Structural Masonry to BS 5628 on 16th July 2008 in Manchester and 30th September in Glasgow and to Eurocode 6 on 2nd October 2008 in Birmingham, UK. See also the Events pages of this website.

The European Commission has published COM(2008) 311 final, which is its proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products.

Link to EUROPA Construction page