Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers (IIBE) for Sustainable Construction of Bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Vinay Gupta
(Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India)
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Engineering for Sustainable Development, New Delhi, India, 20-22 September 2023 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress New Delhi 2023 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1262-1267 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 6 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/newdelhi.2023.1262 | ||||
| Abstract: |
IIBE (Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers) has been proactive in the field of promoting sustainable bridge engineering for the past 33 years in India. In fact, IIBE is the only professional body dedicated to bridge engineering only. Among the various knowledge dissemination events, it has been organizing webinars, conferences, panel discussions, workshops, technical visits, etcetera. One of the annual flagship events of IIBE is BRIDGExxx (Year no). First one of its series was started in 2018 in Lucknow (BRIDGE 2018) with over 300 participants. Later in Patna with over 400 participants in 2019 (BRIDGE 2020). In the years 2020 and 2021, they were organized as webinars. In 2022, it was organized in Pune (BRIDGE 2022) with about 300 participants. BRIDGE 2023 is held in Hyderabad. One of the main focuses is reduced construction time, reduced carbon footprint, conservation of natural resources, conservation of environment, etcetera all leading to sustainable construction of bridges. |
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| Keywords: |
sustainability carbon footprint knowledge dissemination speedy construction
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