37º IAHS World Congress on Housing: - Universidad de Cantabria

October 27, 9 h 30–10 h 00 (Room 0)Courtesy: Colegio de Ingenieros Técnicos de Obras PúblicasPresentation: D. Gonzalo Meneses Martín. Presidente del Colegio ITOP.PROF. JOSÉ CALAVERA RUIZPh.D. in Civil Engineering. B.Sc. in Civil Engineering. Professor Emeritusof Building and Prefabrication at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of thePolytechnic University of Madrid.Honorary President of INTEMAC “Instituto Técnico de Materiales yConstrucciones”.Member of the “Commission on Prefabrication” of the InternationalFederation for Structural Concrete (F.I.B.). Member of the Working Group2.2. “Design by Testing” of the Commission 2 “Safety and PerformanceConcepts” of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (F.I.B.).Editor for Europe of the “International Council CONFIRMADOon Tall Buildings”.Previously, he was Chairman of: Commission VII “Reinforcement: Technology and Quality Control”(Euro-International Concrete Committee CEB), Joint Committee on Tolerances (CEB-FIP), WorkingGroup “Precast beam-block floor systems” of the FIP International Federation for Structural Concrete,EUROCODE Drafting Committee for the “Design of Concrete Foundations”, Working Group “PrecastPrestressed Bridges” of the International Federation for Structural Concrete (FIP), Working Group“Treatment of Imperfections in Precast Concrete” of the International Federation for StructuralConcrete (FIP), Scientific-Technical Association of the Structural Concrete (ACHE). He was Presidentof ACHE (Spanish Association of Structural Concrete), Member of the: Administrative Council of CEB,MODEL CODE CEB-FIP 1990 Drafting Committee.“Medal” of the Spanish Technical Association for Prestressing (A.T.E.P.) (1978). "Honorary Professor"of the Civil Construction Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Santiago de Chile (1980).“Member of Honour” of the Engineering Faculty of the Pontifical Catholic University of Santiago deChile (1980). Elected “Fellow” of the American Concrete Institute (A.C.I.) in 1982. “Medal of Honour” ofthe Civil Engineering College (1987).“Eduardo Torroja Medal” (1990). “Medal” of the Spanish Road Association (1991). Doctor "HonorisCausa" of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (1992). “Institutional Medal” of the University“Lisandro Alvarado” of Venezuela (1993). “Medal” of the International Federation for StructuralConcrete (FIB) (1999). “Medal of Honour” of the “Fundación García-Cabrerizo” (1999).“Award” of the Spanish Group of IABSE (2000). Award “Great Figures of the Engineering” of the ItalianAssociation of the Prefabrication. (CTE). (2000). Award of the Spanish National Association ofReinforced Bars Manufacturers (ANIFER). (2001). “Member of Honour” of the Spanish Association ofStructural Consultants (ACE) (2001). Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences and Engineeringof Lanzarote (2003). Member of Honour of the Argentinean Structural Engineering Association (2004).“Camino de Santiago Award” of Civil Engineering (2004).Elected “Fellow” of IABSE (International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering) (2006).Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Fundación Juanelo Turriano” (2006). Member of Honour ofthe Association of B.Sc. Civil Engineers (2008). Award “Best Professional Profile in ForensicConstruction Engineering” Latino American Association of Quality Control and Forensics Engineering(ALCONPAT) (2009). Elected “Fellow” of ASCE (2009).Among his most important projects are the cable railway of Fuente-Dé (Cantabria), the space frameroofs of the Real Madrid Sports Hall and the “Mahou” Beer Factory (Madrid), the space frame roofs ofthe national Cattle Market of Torrelavega (Santander) and numerous Industrial Buildings, especially ofPaper Manufacturers and the Prefabrication of Concrete and Steel Industry.He is author of sixteen books in Spanish and one in Italian, three monographs and one hundred andseventy six publications on matters concerning Structural Design, Reinforced and PrestressedConcrete, Structural Safety, Prefabrication, Quality Control and Pathology of Structures. He has beenthesis director for twenty seven Doctoral Theses.ABSTRACT: TALL BUILDINGS: SPECIFIC ASPECTSIn this invited conference is analyzed the evolution of tall buildings, from their beginning in 1885 untilour days.In particular, four aspects have been analyzed:• The evolution of the height and of the structural systems.• First construction started in USA and CANADA and its worldwide expansion.• Recent changes in the way to measure the height of tall buildings.• The present evolution, analyzing the most representative cases built recently.A special mention is made to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and itsessential role in the development of these kind of buildings.37º <strong>IAHS</strong> <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> On Housing Science 23