On Tuesday 26 August 2025 IABSE organizes a explorative workshop on failures of structures of buildings and infrastructure, including lessons learned on how to prevent these incidents in the future.

The workshop takes place at Gent ICC, preceding the IABSE Congress Ghent 2025. Not only the origins, causes and consequences of structural failures are addressed at the workshop. Also new insights, evolving from evaluations and research, are shared in order to improve methods, collaboration and active awareness on safety of structures in the phases of design, construction and maintenance.

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• Practical information and registration
• Photo: failure of part of the stand-roof of the football-stadium AZ in Alkmaar (the Netherlands) on 10 August 2019, © AZ Sportnieuws.