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On November 7, at the "Common Vision for a Better World" international standardization theme event jointly sponsored by Guangxi Market Supervision Bureau and Guangxi University, Chinese and foreign guests unveiled the secretariat of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Steel-Concrete Composite Structure and Hybrid Structure Subcommittee (ISO/TC71/SC9).
Sergio Mujica, Secretary General of the International Organization for Standardization, attended the unveiling ceremony. He said that the official release and implementation of the international standard ISO 16521:2024, Design of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) hybrid structures, is of great significance for ensuring the scientific promotion and application of concrete-filled steel tubular structures on a global scale. He hoped that the Sub-committee would gather global experts and continue to play an active role in the formulation and promotion of international standards.
In April this year, the ISO Technical Administration, the highest technical management body of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), passed a resolution to formally approve the establishment of a subcommittee on steel-concrete composite and hybrid structures (hereinafter referred to as the "sub-committee") under the Technical Committee on Concrete, Reinforced Concrete and Prestressed Concrete, and set up the secretariat of the sub-committee in China.
Steel-concrete composite structure and hybrid structure are high-performance structures formed by combining the advantages of concrete and steel, two main building materials, with superior mechanical properties, economic and low-carbon, and are becoming one of the preferred forms of the main structure of major civil engineering infrastructure in multiple industries such as high-rise buildings, long-span bridges, and large-scale energy projects around the world. The sub-committee is committed to the formulation of relevant international standards for the design, construction, operation and maintenance, demolition and recycling of steel-concrete composite structures and hybrid structures based on the whole life cycle, which is of great significance for ensuring the life-cycle safety performance of the main structure of steel-concrete composite structures and hybrid structures in major civil engineering projects.
As the secretariat of the sub-committee, China will actively fulfill its responsibilities and promote experts from all over the world to devote themselves to the relevant international standardization work in the field of steel-concrete composite structures and hybrid structures, and contribute to the construction of global civil engineering infrastructure.