The applications for the European Master in Building Information Modelling, approved and financially sponsored by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, are opened up to January 31, 2019.

This Master Course is organized by a Consortium of leading European Universities/Research Institutions in the field, composed by University of Minho (coordinating institution, Portugal), the Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia). The course combines the most recent advances in research and development with practical applications, as demonstrated by the significant engagement of industrial partners that are currently officially supporting the Master (>20).

A significant number of scholarships, ranging from 4,000 to 25,000 Euro, are available to students of any nationality.

Please find full details on the MSc programme, as well as electronic application procedure, on the website www.bimaplus.org

Innovative handbook and toolkit on First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis

Información en: http://naturalhazardscience.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.001.0001/acrefore-9780199389407-e-12

 y en https://www.iccrom.org/news/pioneering-resource-first-aid-cultural-heritage-now-available

When disasters strike, local communities are the first to try and safeguard their cultural heritage, however their ability to intervene is often greatly reduced during complex and multi-faceted humanitarian crises. At the same time, first responders may not always be aware of what is culturally important, and they often lack the training to handle heritage objects and structures, and meet the specific needs of those who bear traditional knowledge.

First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis is a two-part publication created for the various actors involved in an emergency. It provides a practical method and a set of ready-to-use tools for securing endangered cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible. The user-friendly workflows help readers to plan and implement coordinated cultural rescue  and risk reduction operations that involve local communities, heritage custodians, emergency responders and humanitarians.

Written with the key guiding philosophy of ensuring an inclusive attitude and respect for diversity while at the same time interlocking humanitarian assistance with cultural heritage first aid, this resource provides an essential, ethical framework that will lead to successful outcomes.

The cultural heritage first aid workflows and methodologies have been field tested in Haiti, Iraq, Syria, Nepal, Philippines and India, yet this is the first time they have been codified into a comprehensive tool that is accessible to anybody.

The resource has multiple uses: it will help to improve emergency preparedness within cultural heritage institutions, serve as a reference to train others, and act as a guide for planning and implementing coordinated cultural heritage first aid.

The First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Handbook and Toolkit is the outcome of nearly a decade of field experience gained by ICCROM, and a close partnership between ICCROM, the Prince Claus Fund and the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative. It has been developed to answer to the increasing need for cultural heritage professionals and humanitarians alike to have a reliable and user-friendly reference that integrates heritage safeguarding into emergency and recovery activities, offering standard operating procedures that are applicable in almost any crisis context.

Download it, save it to your phone, and share it with as many people as possible so that together we can improve emergency preparedness and response, and build resilience for cultural heritage worldwide.

Call for Papers

Journal of Engineering and Architecture

ISSN: 2334-2986 (Print) 2334-2994 (Online)

Journal of Engineering and Architecture is an international peer-reviewed journal. The journal is not limited to a specific aspect of engineering and architecture but is instead devoted to a wide range of subfields in the engineering sciences and architecture. Articles of interdisciplinary nature are particularly welcome. The journal strives to maintain high quality of publications. There will be a commitment to expediting the time taken for the publication of the papers. The editorial board reserves the right to reject papers without sending them out for review. The journal also publishes innovative contributions on every aspect of architectural endeavor.

The journal is published by the American Research Institute for Policy Development that serves as a focal point for academicians, professionals, graduate and undergraduate students, fellows, and associates pursuing research throughout the world.

The interested contributors are highly encouraged to submit their manuscripts/papers to the executive editor via e-mail at editor@aripd.org. Please indicate the name of the journal (Journal of Engineering and Architecture) in the cover letter or simply put ‘Journal of Engineering and Architecture’ in the subject box during submission via e-mail.

The journal is Abstracted/Indexed in CrossRef, CrossCheck, Cabell’s, Ulrich’s, Griffith Research Online, Google Scholar, Education.edu, Informatics, Universe Digital Library, Standard Periodical Directory, Gale, Open J-Gate, EBSCO, Journal Seek, DRJI, ProQuest, BASE, InfoBase Index, OCLC, IBSS, Academic Journal Databases, Scientific Index.

E-Publication First^TM

E-Publication First^TM is a feature offered through our journal platform. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article. The accepted papers are published online within one week after the completion of all necessary publishing steps.

DOI^® number

Each paper published in Journal of Engineering and Architecture is assigned a DOI^® number, which appears beneath the author’s affiliation in the published paper.

JEA is inviting papers for Vol. 6, No. 2. The online publication date is December 31, 2018. Submission Deadline: November 30, 2018.

For any additional information, please contact with the executive editor at editor@aripd.org

Dr. David Grau, Arizona State University, USA.

Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Engineering and Architecture

Website: www.jea-net.com

Últimas novedades relacionadas con los Congresos REHABEND (www.rehabend.unican.es), cuya 8^ma Edición tendrá lugar en Granada, España del 23 al 26 de Marzo de 2020. Los idiomas oficiales son: Inglés, Italiano, Portugués y español.

REHABEND 2020 es continuación de los 7 Congresos REHABEND que desde 2006 se han venido celebrando en diferentes ciudades españolas. El último de ellos, en 2018, fue celebrado en Cáceres, el cual tuvo una gran acogida con más de 310 artículos de 31 países (Descargue Libro de Resúmenes – REHABEND 2018), y que devino en una Conferencia del máximo interés, tal como reconocieron los Congresistas.

En este sentido, se invita a presentar resúmenes en el Congreso Euro-Americano REHABEND 2020. En el evento se esperan reunir más de 250 contribuciones técnicas, provenientes de profesionales, profesores universitarios y especialistas. Los resúmenes y artículos, una vez revisados por los miembros del Comité Científico Internacional (revisión por pares), serán publicados en dos Libros (Libro de Resúmenes y Libro Digital de Artículos) con ISBN. Estudiantes de doctorado podrán participar en el congreso con tarifas reducidas.

Fechas importantes:

Recepción de RESÚMENES: 15 de Marzo, 2019

ACEPTACIONES: 15 de Abril, 2019

Recepción de ARTÍCULOS: 15 de Septiembre, 2019

Las Actas del Congreso REHABEND 2016 sobre Patología de la Construcción, Tecnología de la Rehabilitación y Gestión del Patrimonio (ISSN 2386-8198, Libro de Resúmenes) ha sido indexado en SCOPUS. El contenido se encuentra disponible en la plataforma de SCOPUS (LINK). Además, informarles que las Actas del Congreso REHABEND 208 están en proceso de indexación.

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