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International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
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<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>IABSE deals all kinds of structures composed of any kind of material, all phases of the construction process, as well as <a href="/facts/Education/WIwsQKF9">education</a> and <a href="/facts/Research/mo8joeTL">research</a>. The association’s name in French is "Association Internationale des Ponts et Charpentes (AIPC)" and in German "Internationale Vereinigung für Brückenbau und Hochbau (IVBH)“. It was founded in 1929 and has its seat in <a href="/facts/Zurich/dXpgq7df">Zurich</a>. IABSE publishes the quarterly Journal Structural Engineering International SEI, available online via <a href="/facts/Ingenta/MzQh4Ynp">Ingenta</a>. </p> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Outstanding_Structure_Award/tdBX5M3V">Outstanding Structure Award</a> has been presented annually since 2000. It recognises the most remarkable, innovative, creative, or otherwise stimulating structures completed within the last few years. As a project award, it recognizes the team effort of the engineer, the architect, the contractor, and the owner involved in completion of the project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Anton_Tedesko_Medal/ERXfCcCe">Anton Tedesko Medal</a> is awarded by the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140424171901/http://www.iabsefoundation.org/about-us/iabse-foundation/iabse2_foundation.html">IABSE Foundation</a> to honour a Laureate and support a Fellow of the association for study leave for a promising young engineer to gain practical experience in a prestigious engineering firm, outside his/her home country.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Association_of_Engineers/jh0uNQmG">International Association of Engineers</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190123010143/http://www.iabse.org/">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iabse/sei">SEI Journal online</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>IABSE "Organisation", iabse website Archived 2004-08-06 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.iabse.org/association/organisation/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.iabse.org/association/organisation/index.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Engineering & Construction Crane for Mechanical & Electrical Industry". Retrieved 2024-11-20. <a href="https://www.machmall.com/product-cat/engineering-construction-machinery/34" target="_blank">https://www.machmall.com/product-cat/engineering-construction-machinery/34</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>IABSE Foundation Anton Tedesko Medal Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.iabsefoundation.org/activites/anton-tedesko-medal/index.html?a=14&level=1" target="_blank">http://www.iabsefoundation.org/activites/anton-tedesko-medal/index.html?a=14&level=1</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>