RTU students’ visit wooden construction companies and MeKA

On November 30 all students of RTU Faculty of Civil Engineering and other interested persons are invited to go on an excursion to two wooden construction companies and the Institute of Forestry and Wood Products Research and Development.

Guided tour plan:

9.00 meeting RTU BIF in Kipsala
10.00 visit NORDIC HOMES
12.00 Visit Cross Timber Systems
14.00 Visit to the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Institute
16.30 return to Kipsala

The times are about, but we will try to stick to this schedule.

For all who plan to participate, please mark the “going” event on Facebook. The number of participants will be taken into consideration when ordering a bus.

Please take the sandwiches so that we can save time and have a dinner on the bus.

The tour organizer Gatis Zamtaurs will have taken all the tests. Those who have not written any of the works will be able to do it on the bus.

If you have any questions, please write to Facebook.!

RTU students are invited to participate in the construction competition “Paper Bridges 4”

Student Self-government of the Riga Technical University (RTU), Faculty of Civil Engineering, invites all interested persons to participate in the world’s toughest paper bridge construction competition, which will take place on November 2 at. 16.30 at the Faculty of Architecture, Kipsalas iela 6.

The bridge will have to be constructed of 50 A4 sheets and glue, and these materials will be provided to the participants by the organizers. The teams will also be given tools for paper processing – 30 cm ruler, paper knife, pencil. Participants will also be able to use their own knives or scissors. For the construction of paper bridges two hours are planned – from noon. 17 to 19. Estimation of the bridges will start at noon. 20. The bridge will be placed in the loader and then monitored by the load. The winner will recognize the bridge that will withstand the greatest load.

Students, students and business representatives who want to test their skills in bridge design can apply for the competition. To participate in the competition, the team must have three members. The evaluation will take place in the category of students, students and businesses.

 

Apply for a paper bridging competition may be before November 1 at noon. 23.59. Application form and Facebook event.

The toughest paper bridge construction competition this year has been taking place for the fourth year. Last year, Bridge IT’s bridge proved to be the strongest, holding 126.22 kg, significantly above the 2015 record of 57.4 kg. The second place with a result of 92.65 kg was WITTEVEEN + BOS LATVIA team, while the third best was the team “JAM”, whose bridge managed to withstand 75.22 kg load.

The winners of this year’s winners are the supporters – road design company Polyroad Ltd., Latvian Green Point JSC, UPB JSC, Ezis Migla bar, SIA Ligatne paper and card game KAVA.

The 58th International Scientific Conference dedicated to the 155th anniversary of RTU

From October 12 to 15, 2017, the 58th International Scientific Conference of the Riga Technical University will be held.

The conference work will take place in all RTU faculties in a total of 17 sections, covering RTU research areas. It is planned that the conference will be attended by more than 700 authors who will present the topical issues, problems and achievements of science and science in Latvia.

The conference will be held at the solemn plenary on October 14th at. 11.30 RTU rector Academician Leonīds Ribickis will open and Professor Tolis Juhns, Vice Rector for Science.

Civil Engineering Section

Section Manager:
Juris Smirnov: juris.smirnovs@rtu.lv

+371 67089278

Section contact person:
Janis Kaminskis: janis.kaminskis@rtu.lv

+371 67089287

Scientists’ Night 2017

Riga Technical University, in its 155th anniversary year, in cooperation with Industry Service Partner, UNESCO Latvian National Commission, Latvenergo AS and many other partners will decipher what is hidden under the name SCIENCE.
Z – KNOWLEDGE
I – INNOVATION
N – THE FUTURE
A – V = s / t
T – TECHNOLOGY
N – NOBEL
E – EXPERIMENT
Visiting all events is free!
More information can be found at HERE
Apply for the event on Facebook  and get news HERE

3th International Conference

Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies

27th-29th September 2017, Riga

We invite engineers, industry specialists, industry representatives and scientists to attend the international conference “IMST 2017”, which will take place in Riga for the third time, where the latest research results will be presented. The conference will host practical workshops in the field of construction. Participants from more than 20 countries will attend the event, promoting scientific cooperation between foreign universities and research centers.

Organized by: Faculty of Civil Engineering
More information: conference@imst-rtu.lv