Structural Safety in the Netherlands: Problem, analysis and solution

In response to present-day societal and technological developments, the national concrete association BV, the national steel association BmS, and the Amsterdam University of Applied Science-including their corresponding professional master’s programmes in structural design - established a national lectorate "Structural safety" starting 1 September 2019 with a duration of 4 years. With regard to structural safety the lectorate's primary objective is to contribute with innovative higher education development, including textbook materials, and practice-based research on sustainable structural materials
and sustainable structural systems.