The year 2014 saw conferences in Valencia and Alicante which, under the title ‘Generalitat Valenciana: 30 años construyendo puentes. Técnica e innovación’ (30 years building bridges. Technique and innovation), examined the construction process behind some of the most interesting bridges in the Valencian Community, presented by the people who built them. The Demetrio Ribes Chair worked on the organisation and design of the conference materials, of information panels and of a publication of the same name.
Two conferences were celebrated; one in València and the other in Alicante.
Valencia Confernce
Location: Conference Hall of the ICCP (Engineering School) of the UPV, First floor.
Programme: from 09:00 to 14:30
- 09:00: Opening ceremony
- 09:30: Puente colgante (Elche Suspension Bridge) in Elche
- 10:05: Viaducto Francisco Aura (Francisco Aura Viaduct) in Alcoy
- 10:40: Puente atirantado del Tram de Castellón sobre el río Seco (Río Seco Bridge) in Castellón
- 12:20: Structure Preservation and Restoration
- 13:00: HMAR: Pasarelas de hormigón de muy alto rendimiento (Ultra hight performance fibre reinforced concrete, UHPFRC)
- 13:30: Panel discussion
- 14:30: Closing ceremony
Alicante Conference
Location: Alfredo Orts Assembly Hall, Building of Óptica, Farmacología y Anatomía (building 38), Universidad de Alicante, First floor.
Programme: from 09:00 to 14:30
- 09:00: Opening ceremony
- 09:30: Viaducto TRAM (TRAM Viaduct) in Alicante, bridges in Beniarbeig and in Gata de Gorgos
- 10:15: Walkway in Pilar de la Horadada and in Alicante (Barranco de las Ovejas)
- 11:45: Puente colgante (Elche Suspension Bridge) in Elche
- 12:15: Viaducto Francisco Aura (Francisco Aura Viaduct) in Alcoy
- 12:50: Puente atirantado (Cable-stayed bridge) in Elche
- 13:15: Structure Preservation and Restoration
- 13:45: Panel discussion
- 14:30: Closing ceremony
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