Symposium Overview
Structural Failures — Causes, Investigation, Resilience, Mitigation & Standardization
The Indian National Group of IABSE takes immense pleasure in inviting the international structural engineering community to the IABSE Symposium 2027 in Guwahati, Assam (India), at the Mayfair Spring Valley Resort. The theme serves as a clarion call for all engineers to come together — young and curious as well as ambitious and experienced.
The aim of the Symposium is to provide a unique platform for sharing knowledge and research on structural failures, promoting the development of more reliable and resilient structures, and sharing techniques for strengthening, repair and renovation of failed structures. There will be opportunities to learn from the experience of others on failures.
Three days of technical exchange
Objective & Scope
- Identify root causes to avoid repeating mistakes.
- Bridge structural engineering theory and real-world construction.
- Evaluate NDT and forensic engineering methodologies.
- Develop evidence-based mitigation strategies.
- Disseminate lessons on human and organisational errors.
Who Should Attend
Engineers, contractors, developers & policy makers, students, scientists, experts, designers, and all those who are interested in advances and problems in civil engineering and structures are invited to join the Symposium for the exchange of experiences, specialist knowledge and information in various fields of structural engineering.
Official language: English.