International Structural Engineering and Construction Society

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International Structural Engineering and Construction Society (ISEC)
FormationJanuary 24, 2001 (2001-01-24)
TypeEngineering Society [1]
Headquarters Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Official language
English
President
Amarjit Singh [2]
Key people
Frank Yazdani, Dejan Dinevski, Vanissorn Vimonsatit, Sai On Cheung, Swapan Saha, Asli Pelin Gurgun
Website www.isec-society.org

The International Structural Engineering and Construction Society (ISEC) is a non-profit professional body founded in 2001 to represent members of the civil engineering, structural engineering, and construction engineering profession worldwide. Based in Fargo, North Dakota, it offers educational conferences, seminars, and literature through an international network of advisors and regional representatives. [3]

Contents

Mission

"The mission of ISEC Conferences is to enhance communication and understanding between structural, system, and construction engineers, for successful design and construction of engineering projects. Interdisciplinary integration and international cooperation are encouraged. ISEC conferences promote innovative and integrative approaches in life cycle systems thinking in civil and building engineering that include constructability, specifications, design, bidding, and construction. It is the purpose of ISEC to provide an international forum for the discussion of topics important to developing new knowledge in construction and structural engineering. The aim of ISEC is to conduct such conferences at an international level.". [4]

Conferences and education

ISEC hosts biennial international conferences and regional conferences. The international Conferences are held in all odd number years, while the regional conferences (ASEA SEC and EURO MED SEC) are held in even number years.

The upcoming conferences are scheduled to be held for LATAM SEC 2024 in Quito, Ecuador and for EURO MED SEC 5 in Vilnius, Lithuania [5]

ISEC Press

In 2014, ISEC Society launched ISEC Press as a publishing subsidiary. The title is now known as "Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction," carrying an ISSN number of 2644-108X.

The articles go through a rigorous peer-review process. Abstracts are reviewed double-blind, whereas the manuscripts are reviewed single-blind. All articles go through similarity checks and an extensive copyediting process.

Publications

To date, ISEC has published its proceedings from international and regional conferences, containing more than 3,500 peer-reviewed papers from about 60 countries. These are accessible in the ISEC Proceedings Archive. [6] [7]

Sponsors, co-sponsors, promoters, and endorsers

ISEC Society conferences have been supported by a large number of professional organizations. [8]

Registrations, indexing, archiving

All titles of the Proceedings of International Structural Engineering and Construction carry a DOI number, are registered with Crossref as journal articles, indexed in Scopus, and archived in ClockSS.

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