Topics

  • Raw materials, processing and application
  • Pre-industrial construction (stone, ceramic materials, wood, earth, iron and others)
  • Industrial construction (steel, concrete, glass, new materials and others)
  • Built environment, city and territory
  • Public works (bridges, roads and hydraulic works)
  • Military works
  • Anti-seismic construction
  • Machines, equipment and utensils
  • Organization of shipyards
  • Construction professionals and craftsmen
  • Economics and construction law
  • Technical literature (manuscripts, publications, iconography, representation) and training of builders
  • Innovation, exchanges and scientific and technical controversies
  • Construction management, standards and regulations
  • Method problems and teaching
  • Sources: buildings, documents and others
  • Links to other disciplines
  • Conservation science
  • Introduction of new materials and systems
  • New work organizations
  • Changes in social, economic, political and technical structures and organization
  • Changes to legal frameworks
  • Robotization and mechanization of construction
  • Specialization of labor and lack of craftsmen
  • Resilience and risk
  • Climate change impact
  • Living heritage
  • Responsibilities and rights