STEPP international members mourning for the loss of Anthony Pearce, who has left us after a long period of suffering.
That GOD rest his soul.

News

 STEPPinternational:  Changes in Management. The following has been agreed during the last 2016 Assembly Meeting:  Dr. Franz Josef Goetz is leaving his position as President.  His position will be taken over by  Ambassador Jolanda Brunetti, so far Vice President. Moreover, Mr. Anthony  Pearce has been nominated Vice President  instead.  Dr. Goetz will remain member of STEPPinternational, as advisor in international relations.

STEPP organizes 4th Italian Technical Symposium in Myanmar. In cooperation with the MES, Myanmar Engineering Society and the Ministry of Construction.

Symposiums are held in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw during 18- 20th July 2016 on “Design and Construction Techniques for Tunneling, underground Urban Facilities and Offshore Platforms”. The participating companies are Soil Srl., Group DBA Srl., and Tecon Srl.

STEPP organizes 4th Italian Technical Symposium in Myanmar. In cooperation with the MES, Myanmar Engineering Society and the Ministry of Construction.

Symposiums are held in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw during 18- 20th July 2016 on “Design and Construction Techniques for Tunneling, underground Urban Facilities and Offshore Platforms”. The participating companies are Soil Srl., Group DBA Srl., and Tecon Srl.

Yangon – Myanmar

From 10. – 21. February 2016, STEPPinternational has organised the visit of an Italian Technical Delegation to Myanmar on invitation of the Myanmar Engineering Society MES.  International Symposiums on the subject of “Industrial Development of Myanmar”, conducted jointly with MES, were held in Yangon and Mandalay.  The visit served the systematic  exchange of information ,  as well as the promotion of international co-operation in the field of research, applied geology  and hydraulic engineering.  Members of the Delegation were Representatives of  the Engineering Company Soil SrL and Majone & Partners from Milan, Italy.  Their  presentations were about geotechnical engineering  techniques (Soil Srl)  and  water resource management problems (Majone&Partners).  Dr. Goetz  and  Mr. Pearce of STEPPinternational  instead introduced the subject of road safety,  in an effort to raise awareness about this new and serious problem the country of Myanmar is facing.

STEPPinternational is very pleased for having successfully initiated and co-organised the technical Seminar on Construction Project Management held under the chairmanship of U Win Khaing, President of MES, on the premises of MES, with contributions from Professor Schmidt and Professor Dauberschmidt, both Munich University of Applied Sciences and Dr. Goetz, STEPPinternational. The topics of discussion were rather diverse, ranging from “challenges of modern construction management” (Schmidt) through “criteria of durable construction under severe exposure conditions” (Dauberschmidt) to “development project cycle management” (Goetz).

Yangon 19.02.2014: Meeting of STEPPinternational and University of Munich of Applied Sciences with the Science Department of the Myanmar Ministry of Science & Technology for discussing cooperation activities in the civil engineering field.

“Dr. Franz Josef Goetz”  and “Ambassador Jolanda Brunetti” have been nominated “Counsellor for the Development and Support of the World Food Programme WFP Italy” in November 2012.

Please see the attachement:  WFPmandate

“Where you find one of the most tasty “pork sweet and sour”? In Ruby Restaurant, opposite the Yangon Central Post Office. It was my favorite place already 30 years ago, and still is!” (fjg)