CONTENTS -- Preface -- Organisers -- Organising Committee -- Technical Committee -- Supporting Organisations -- Opening Address and Keynote Papers -- The Reform and Development of the Engineering Education in China Wu, Q. -- 1. The Recent Reform and Development of Chinese Higher Education -- 2. Engineering Education in China -- 2.1 Consistently reinforce the reform and construction of engineering curriculum -- 2.2 Prioritizing the improvement of students' application capacity, and emphasizing the improvement of the condition for internship and the reform on practical teaching -- 2.3 Accelerating the cooperation with enterprises -- improving the integration among education, industry and research through different approaches -- 2.4 Enhancing the students ' innovativeness and encourage innovative activities among university students -- 2.5 Speeding up the training of the greatly needed personnel in accordance with the development of industrial development -- 3. The Quality Assurance System in China's Post-secondary Engineering Education -- 3.1 Macro quality monitoring by expertpanels -- 3.2 Implementation of educational evaluations to monitor the level and quality of education in HEIs -- 4. Accreditation of Engineers' Qualifications -- 5. Conclusion -- Sustainable Development of Tall Buildings in Hong Kong Lo, Y.C. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Opportunities for Change -- 3. Sustainable Development Strategy -- 4. Tall Buildings and Transport Provision -- 5. Urban Design of Tall Buildings -- 6. Building Environmental Assessment Methods -- 7. Towards Sustainable Construction of Tall Buildings -- 8. Solid Waste and Waste Water -- 9. Services in Tall Buildings -- 9.1 Indoor environment -- 9.2 Air-conditioning -- 9.3 Electric lighting and daylight -- 9.4 Fire safety -- 9.5 Vertical transportation in tall buildings -- 10. Buildings and Energy Use.

11. Conclusions -- References -- Future Directions for the Development of Tall Buildings Ayres, P. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Personal Experience -- 3. Way Ahead -- 4. Areas for Development -- 5. Actions -- Carbon Fuels and Industrialisation: Reduction of Energy Demand with Special Reference to Tall Buildings Fordhum. M -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Buildings -- 3. Light -- 4. Ventilation -- 5. Comfort -- 5.1 Warm environment light clothes for comfort- 30 0 C -- 6. The Envelope -- 7. Tall Buildings in Conclusion -- 7.1 The issue of height -- References -- Theme Papers -- Policies and Planning of Tall Buildings in Hong Kong Wu, M.H.H. -- 1. The Hong Kong Story -- 2. The Need for Tall Buildings -- 2.1 Economic bertefis -- 2.2 Social Benefits -- 2.3 Environmental benejits -- 3. The Perils of Tall Buildings -- 4. Facilitating the Design and Construction of Tall Buildings -- 4.1 Building (planning) regulations -- 4.2 Performance based requirements -- 5. Promoting Sustainable Development -- 5.1 Strengthen our buildings laws and requirements -- 5.2 SARS -- 5.3 Promote green designs and construction -- 5.4 Provide incentives -- 5.5 CEPAS - a green labelling scheme -- 5.6 Arrest urban decay -- 6. The Challenges Ahead -- The Shifting Paradigms of High-Rise Living Yuen. B. -- 1. Introduction -- References -- The Challenge of Managing the 88-Storey Two International Finance Centre in Hong Kong Ho, T.H.K. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What We Know - The Trends and Forces -- 3. Some Key Questions - Going Beyond the Physical to Social -- 2. Key Design Features and Technical Specifications of Two IFC -- 2.1 Building structure - solid as a rock -- 2.2 Vertical transportation -- 2.3 Office floors -- 2.4 Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning -- 2.5 ELectrical specifications -- 2.6 Telecommunications -- 3. Challenges of Managing Two IFC -- 3.1 Critical mass of Two IFC.

3.2 Prestigious tenant profile -- 3.3 Rising customer expectation -- 3.4 Stringent security requirement -- 3.5 Technical complexity -- 4. Managing the Challenges - Premier Management Services -- 4.1 Concierge service -- 4.2 Security management -- 4.3 Hygiene management -- 4.4 Auxiliary technology support -- 5. Conclusion -- A City Beyond Tall Buildings - Rediscover City Value and People Value Ng, M. -- 1. A City and a Beginning (Birth) -- 2. A City and a Bonding (Marriage) -- 3. A City and a Continuity (Retirement) -- 4. A City and an Ending (Death) -- 5. A City that Cares (Self-help) -- 5.1 A city that is climate responsive -- 5.2 A city that informs & empowers -- 5.3 A city that detoxijies -- 6. A City that Envisions -- Sustainable Tall Buildings - From an Energy Perspective Poon. O. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Buildings and Energy Use -- 3. Constructions and Use of Materials -- 4. Building Materials and its Environmental Impact -- 5. Building Services in Tall Buildings -- 6. Energy Efficiency in Tall Buildings -- 7. Tall Buildings in Sustainable Cities -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Brief Introduction to Chinese Revised Technical Specification for Concrete Structures of Tall Building Huang, X. -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 High-rise buildings in Mainland China -- 1.2 Standard system in China -- 1.3 Specifications for design of taII buildings -- 2. Main Contents of JGJ3-2002 -- 3. Important Provisions and Revisions -- 3.1 Scope -- 3.2 Actions -- 3.3 Basic stipulations for structural design -- 3.3.1 Design method -- 3.3.2 Structural systems -- 3.3.3 Building height limits -- 3.3.4 Structural analysis -- 3.3.5 Load combinations -- 3.3.6 Structure regularities -- 3.3.7 Story drift limits -- 3.3.8 Comfortableness -- 3.3.9 Seismic design grade of RC members -- 3.3.10 Overallstability -- 3.3.1 1 Overturning.

3.3.1 2 Frame shear force adjustment of dual systems -- 3.4 The concepts for seismic design of reinforced concrete members -- 3.5 The special consideration for complicated tall building structures -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Framed Structure -- Behavior of Concrete Frame-Corewall Structure with Non-Continuous Exterior Frame Beams He, XG. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structural Regularities -- 3. Comparative Analyses -- 3.1 Comparison of the introduced building with the one without cancellation of the corresponded beams -- 3.2 Comparison of buildings with inner balconies of different-story-height -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Test Research on Beam-Wall Semi-Rigid Joint in Super High-kse Hybrid Structure Zhou, D., Liu, A., Zou, X. and Zhu, H. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Semi-rigid Joint Design Model -- 3. Beam-wall Join Seismic Behavior Test -- 3.1 Model design -- 3.2 Loading installing and loading pattern -- 3.3 Test phenomenon description -- 3.4 Analysis of the test result -- 3.4.1 Hysteresis loop and envelope curve -- 3.4.2 Bearing capacity of the joint -- 3.4.3 Ductility and energy dissipation of the joint -- 4. Finite Element Nonlinear Analysis -- 4.1 Element selecting -- 4.2 Material parameter and finite element model -- 4.3 Comparison with test mull -- 4.3.1 Load displacement curve P- -- 4.3.2 Comparison of steel plate stress value -- 4.3.3 Joint ultimate load and ductility factor -- 5. Conclusions -- Reference -- Application of Strut-and-Tie Method on Outrigger Braced Core Wall Buildings Su, R.K.L., Wong, P. C. W. and Chandler, A.M. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structural Behaviour of Outrigger Braced Building -- 3. Conventional Analysis of Outrigger Truss -- 4. Strut-and-tie Model for Outrigger Braced Structure -- 5. Discussion on Various Configurations of Outrigger Trusses -- 6. Discussion on Numerical modeling of Outrigger Braced Structures.

7. Conclusions -- References -- Analysis of Shearing Stiffness of Column Related to External Forces in Frames Wu, B. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Shearing Stiffness being a Shape Constant -- 3. Shearing Stiffness not being Shape Constant -- 4. An Example -- 5. Bending Inflexional Point of Column -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Time Dependent Differential Shortening of Reinforced Concrete Colums in Tall Buildings Lee, K. W. and Lo, S.H. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concept of concrete relaxation approach -- 2.1 Step by step formation -- 2.2 Nonlinear creep -- 2.3 Column axial shortening -- 3. Numerical Study -- 3.1 Axial load + bending moment [full compression] -- 4. Field Data Comparison -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Seismic Engineering -- Design of Energy Dissipation-seismic Reduction of One Tall Building and It's Shaking Table Test Verification Chao, S., Yang, F. and Qing, W. -- 1. General situation of the project -- 2. Design Process of the Energy Dissipation Structure -- 3. Restoring Force of the Damper and Experimental Verification -- 4. Energy Dissipation Calculating of the Energy Dissipation Braces -- 5. Calculating and Analysis of the Whole Structure and the Shaking Table Test Verification -- 6. Conclusion -- Reference -- Dynamic Characteristics and Seismic Response Analysis of Multi-Tower Structure Connected with Circular Corridor Zheng, Y. and Chen, Y. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Computation Model -- 2.1 Project general conditions -- 2.2 Building model -- 3. The Structure Modal Analysis -- 4. The Seismic Shear of Single Tower -- 5. Dynamic Characteristics and Seismic Response while Setting Corridors -- 6. Rigid and Hinge Connection -- 7. The Different Stiffness of Corridor -- 8. Conclusions -- References.

Finite Element Analysis on Seismic Properties of Mid-High Rise Steel Braced Frame Huang, Y., Wang, Y.Q., Chen, H. and Shi, Y.J.