This is the first of a serie of volumes to be published within the frame of the Thematic Network project EUCEET (European Civil Engineering Education and Training), run on the basis of a grant of the European Commission under the auspices of the Erasmus component of the SOCRATES programme.
In the workplan for 2013 of the EUCEET Association, approved at the General Assembly which took place on 9th November 2012 in Pisa, was included the preparation of 4 newsletters, under the responsibility of the Secretariat and based primarily on contribution from members. As a result, contributions were asked from members of the Association.