21st Structural Design Seminar at the Technical University of Dresden

On 20 October 2017, Professor Jan Akkermann, a member of the teaching staff at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, and Managing Director at KREBS+KIEFER, spoke at the long-established Dresden structural design seminar regarding methods for the seismic design of megastructures.

The event, organised by the Institute of Structural Analysis under the motto “reality modelling in structural engineering”, involved as usual a combination of forward-looking science and complex current practice.
Professor Akkermann explained in this context that meaningful model simplifications and constructional plausibility checks in terms of seismic design were also extremely important in major structures such as the ship hoist at the Three Gorges Dam in China and the Great Mosque of Algiers – both of which involved KREBS+KIEFER in the planning stage.

The well-attended seminar (approximately 150 participants) at Comödie Dresden also offered the participants the chance to exchange knowledge and experiences.