The first granite specimens ordered from Granitos do Norte arrived at the university last Thursday. These blocks were first measured...

A very interesting meeting was held last week at the lab facilities of UMinho. The main focus of the meeting...

Our new visiting professor Dr Mislav Stepinac recently shared with us some of the lessons learned following his experience of...

The study of the material that will be used for shaking table tests and the preparation of the equipment setup...

The STAND4Heritage project has almost reached one year of life. In few months, the team will have numerous scientific results...

50’s day free access link for the publication “Learning from failure: Damage and failure of masonry structures, after the 2017...

LEST’s main lab is under renovation in order to prepare for the arrival of the shaking table.The work areas were...

A new researcher has recently arrived in UMinho who will be part of the team for the next two months...

The article discusses the performance of masonry structures after the 2017 Lesvos earthquake (Mw=6.3). More specifically, the objective of the...

Please note that the S4H team will be on holiday from Monday 10th of August.We will be back with more...