Nordic Steel Construction Conference 2015 (original) (raw)

The Nordic Steel Construction Conference (NSCC) is a conference with proud traditions. The conference was held for the first time in Stockholm in 1970 and since then with about three years apart it has circulated between the Nordic countries. The last conference was held in Oslo in 2012 and gathered scientists, representatives of steel producers, steel wholesalers, contractors, consultants, architects, etc. Finland is responsible for the event in 2015. The last time the conference was organized in Finland was in 2001. The organizer was the Finnish Constructional Steelwork Association (FCSA) together with Helsinki University of Technology (HUT). Now the baton once again has come to Finland. Also this time FCSA will be responsible for the administrative part of the event. This time Tampere University of Technology (TUT) takes the responsibility for the scientific process. The scientific process will be led by Professor Markku Heinisuo, TUT, as chairman of the Scientific Committee and with Associate Professor Jari Mäkinen as vice chairman. The Scientific Committee is composed of leading steel professors and researchers from the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe. For this year's conference we received 123 abstracts from all over the world, which have been reduced to 94 presentations after the reviewing process. The contributions will cover most of the important issues for modern steel construction; building structures, bridges, high strength and stainless steel, connection, fire and sustainable engineering and composite structures. The editors are thankful for the opportunity to publish a selection of the NSCC presentations in the journal "Steel Construction-Design and Research". The editors are also grateful to the members of the scientific committee who carried out the reviews of the submitted manuscripts.