JCSS Workshop - Structural Safety - past advancements and future challenges, 22-23 May 2024Structural safety is affected by many uncertainties related to material and geometrical properties, system behaviour, load and degradation effects, etc. The need to...

Conference "Building Rehabilitation and Reconstruction 2023"   This year's 45th WTA CZ Conference - "Building Rehabilitation and Reconstruction" will be conducted as a traditional conference dealing with the issues of building rehabilitation, which are...

History of the Roman Bridge During the reign of Vratislav I, Vyšehrad, now a National Cultural Monument, became the centre of political power and also served as the residence of the monarch. The Romanesque Bridge, dating from the late 11th century, is an important...

Prof. Ing. Milan Holický, DrSc., Ph.D., PhD. Milan Holický has been one of the pillars of the Klokner Institute for more than half a century. Since his graduation from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in 1965, with a short break for...

“With regard to the information obtained, we state that the condition of the frame and arch part of the Libeň Group of Bridges is in a very bad construction-technical condition and it is necessary to take immediate action. It is evident that over the past fifteen...

From the beginning, the whole situation was complicated by the fact that Hlávka Bridge is a protected monument. Therefore, all intended interventions had to be consulted with conservationists as it would take several years to remove the monument protection. In very...

Interesting facts about the Negrelli Viaduct: The important railway bridge has been in operation since 1851 and originally consisted of 85 arches. In 1875, a so-called connecting viaduct with additional 26 arches was connected to it. The viaduct, as we know it today,...