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Principal results from survey in the Czech
Republic The results cover answers from 2 groups
of civil engineers and technicians Group
1 February 2008 38 engineers 4
technicians Group 2 December 2007 9
engineers 1 technician In the following only
positive answers with classification higher than
4.5 (i.e. 90 from 5) or the ones of the
highest other value (if no answer was above 4.5)
are shown
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Conceptual and general design I.P.D. Floor
systems in multi-storey buildings
(5.0) Connections between steel and other
materials (5.0) Practical computer modelling of
steel structures (4.7) C.P.D. Modern design
concepts for single-storey, portal framed
buildings (4.4) Practical computer modelling of
steel structures (4.4) Overall design of the
Eurocodes I.P.D. Introduction to fire
engineering (5.0) C.P.D. Introduction to fire
engineering (4.3) Introduction to design
philosophy in the Eurocodes (4.3)
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Detailed design to the Eurocodes I.P.D. Steel
beam design (4.3) Steel column design
(4.3) Composite beam design (4.3) C.P.D. Steel
column design (4.4) Construction I.P.D. Executi
on of steel structures to the Eurocodes
(3.0) Introduction to safe steel erection for
construction (2.7) A designers resposibility for
construction safety (2.7) C.P.D. Steelwork
fabrication (3.5)
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Types of material I.P.D. Text and figures for
downloading and background study
(5.0) C.P.D. Text and figures for downloading
and background study (4.7) Types of
content I.P.D. Flowcharts (4.0) Worked examples
for Eurocodes (4.0) Discussion of NA for
Eurocodes (4.0) Coverage of legislation
(4.0) C.P.D. Commentary on clause content for
the Eurocodes (4.8)
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Types of presentation I.P.D. On screen
interactivity with voice-over commentary (5.0)
C.P.D. use of voice-over commentary to videos
(3.4) E-tutorials I.P.D. Working through
specific worked examples (4.3) C.P.D. The
ability to ask questions (4.0) Others In general
little experience with net meetings and video
conferencing. It would be welcome to consult
problems via internet.
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• Suggestions from participants
• Information via internet are the most popular
  (speed, accessibility)
• Corrosion safety and protection problems
• Stress-skin design
• Stable length of girders using sandwich panels
  and trapezoidal sheeting
• Cable structures
• New steel materials
• Non-linear problems
• Prestressing
• Tubular joints
• Text-books with examples
• Direct contact with lecturer
• Crane girder design
• Regularly updated internet information
• Tolerances in structural assembly

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Proposals on preparation of materials from CTU
in Prague based on above questionnaire results

• Introduction to fire engineering
• Composite beam design
• Type of presentation
• On screen interactivity with voice-over
  commentary