17th of Structural Steel Day events held every year since 2000 by Turkish Construction Steel Association was held in Istanbul Marriott Asia Hotel on 24 November 2016 Thursday. As in the last year, morning session was reserved to “Problems and Innovations in Industry” in a separate hall. Having the nature of a traditional day of gathering for all stakeholders related with steel structure industry, 17th Structural Steel Day event commenced with the opening speech by TUCSA President, Yener Gür’eş. Following the opening speech by the President, presentation on “Integrated Design (Building Information Modelling-BIM)” was made by Daniel Kazado. Next, five unique steel structure projects executed by Turkish architects, engineers and contractors in Turkey and around the globe as listed below were presented:
1. Azerbaijan Baku Shah Deniz 2 Offshore Platform (Presented by: Dr. Orkun Görgülü from Tekfen Engineering)
2. Medinah Station, Haramain High Speed Rail (Presented By: Ömer Güzel from Yapı Merkezi and Erdinç Bellisan from TESEM)
3. Bursa Cable Car Stations (Presented by: Yamaç Korfalı on behalf of Korfalı Architecture)
4. Sivas Stadium (Bahadır Kul on behalf of Bahadır Kul Architecture)
5. Robert College Murat Karamancı Student Center (Ahmet Alataş on behalf of Ahmet Alataş Architecture)
At the end of the project presentations, presentation on “Design Strategies in Steel Structures” by Arch. Melike Altınışık caught interest of the audience.
Last session of the day comprised of Industry Awards Ceremony. In this session, our members having completed 15 and 20 years in TUCSA membership were presented with their plaquets and afterwards, winners of National Steel Structure Awards 2016 received their awards. Projects awarded under Structure Category are (out of order): “Robert College Murat Karamancı Student Center”, “Vodafone Arena Stadium” and “Bursa Kadıyayla Cable Car Station” projects and “White Office” project under Not Executed Projects category. Following the presentation of the awards, “Nissibi Bridge” and “Ürgüp-Ayvalı Steel Vault Bridge” projects which participated in Europe Steel Bridge Awards 2016 by ECCS were awarded with TUCSA Incentive Plaquet. At the end of the Award Ceremony; Ömer Yılmaz, architect and practitioner of “Build with Competition” project, and Architect Aydın Boysan were presented with Honor Awards as a token of adherence and gratitude to the connoisseurs of the industry.