19th Structural Steel Day, the traditional event of Turkish Construction Steel Association, was held in Istanbul Mariotte Hotel on 25 October 2018. Supported
by Computer Engineering, Doralp Yapi, Efektis ERA, FGA Mimarlik, Kroman Celik, Metal Yapi, Mim Muhendislik and SteelPRO 2018 sponsor ArcelorMittal RZK Celik, the institutional supporters of the event were Steel Exporters Assication and Steel Federation.
Having commenced with the Opening Speech by Turkish Construction Steel Association Chairman H. Yener Gur’es, the event proceeded with a session on the broad subject of “Digitalization in Steel Structures”. Building Information Modelling (BIM), Integrated Design, Artifical Intelligence, Robots and new digital world straining its boundaries, intelligent buildings and cities were discussed in the session moderated by Associate Prof. Esin Ergen whilst Mehmet Polat Diker from Red Hot BIM, Salih Kucuktuna from PIN Mimarlik, Burak Karsu from Computer Engineering and Faruk Insel from Tesem Muhendislik shared their perspective based on their experience.
In the center of attention of Structural Steel Day, details on steel structure projects followed by many. Associate Prof. Nurdan Apaydin from the Directorate General of Highways presented “Turkey’s Steel Bridges”. Ashgabat International Airport Terminal design was presented by Arch.
Dilgun Saklar from Tekeli Sisa Mimarlik whilst Cem Ozer from Statica Muhendislik presented the details of Zincirlikuyu ZIN2 project.
Following the presentation on “Building Steel Structures with Hallow Box Sections” by Arch. Emir Drahsan, Arch. Fikriye Bulunmaz and Taylan Akgun from Kuram Muhendislik presented the details of the restoration of Sveti Stefan Church, a cultural heritage.
Held in two halls in the conference center, technical presentations and the Steel Structure Design Student Competition SteelPRO 2018 Colloquium took place in the Ruby Hall. 19th Structural Steel Day was concluded with TUCSA Industry Awards Ceremony and the following cocktail event. Award winners in SteelPRO 2018 Steel Structure Design Student Competition received their awards from the Jury. Stakeholders of the projects ranking in Structure and Project categories in National Steel Structure Awards held bi-annually by TUCSA also received their awards in 19th Structural Steel Day. Chamber of Civil Engineers was awarded with “2018 TUCSA Industry Contributors Award” while “TUCSA Honor Award” was presented to two doyens, Yasar Marulyali and Levent Aksut.