The plenary meetings of ISO/TC 98 ‘Bases for Design of Structures’, one of the most important technical committees of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), responsible for developing the foundations for structural design and the principles of structural safety and reliability, are drawing to a close in Seoul, South Korea.
Krzysztof Czech, PhD, Eng., of Bialystok University of Technology is participating in the work as Head of the Polish Delegation. The delegation also includes Professor Jacek Szafran of Lodz University of Technology, Chair of ISO/TC 98, and Katarzyna Maciejczyk, Committee Manager of ISO/TC 98 and ISO/TC 98/SC 2 ‘Reliability of Structures’.
Krzysztof Czech, PhD, Eng., is Poland’s sole representative in working group ISO/TC 98/SC 2/WG 13 ‘Design Principles of Seismically Isolated Structures’, chaired by Professor Taiki Saito (Japan). During this year’s work, the group completed the development of Technical Report ISO/TR 21259:2026 ‘Seismic Design Examples Based on ISO 23618 and Related National Codes and Standards’, which has reached stage 50.00 of the ISO process and has been submitted for further processing.
During the meeting, Krzysztof Czech, PhD, Eng., also held a series of discussions with representatives of Japanese universities about opportunities to develop research cooperation between Poland and Japan. One of the possibilities discussed was organising a future study visit to the University of Tokyo for representatives of the research and business communities of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. The discussions with Professor Tsuyoshi Takada and Professor Tatsuya Itoi open up new prospects for international cooperation in civil engineering and structural safety.
The ISO/TC 98 plenary meeting provides an important forum for cooperation among experts from many countries around the world who are involved in developing international standards for structural design and the assessment of structural reliability. The committee has maintained ties with Poland for more than 60 years through the Polish Committee for Standardization’s management of its secretariat.
