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The International Structural Engineering and Construction Society (ISEC) is a non-profit professional body founded in 2001 to represent members of the civil engineering, structural engineering, and construction engineering profession worldwide. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, it offers educational conferences, seminars, and literature through an international network of advisors and regional representatives.

History
ISAC was founded in Honolulu, Hawaii on January 24, 2001, with its first conference in Waikiki hosted by the University of Hawaii. It has since held conferences in Rome, Italy, Shunan, Japan, Perth and Melbourne, Australia, Las Vegas, Nevada, Zurich, Switzerland, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Mission
According to its website, "The mission of ISEC Conferences is to enhance communication and understanding between structural, system, and construction engineers, for successful design and construction of engineering projects. Interdisciplinary integration and international cooperation are encouraged. ISEC conferences promote innovative and integrative approaches in life cycle systems thinking in civil and building engineering that include constructability, specifications, design, bidding, and construction. It is the purpose of ISEC to provide an international forum for the discussion of topics important to developing new knowledge in construction and structural engineering. The aim of ISEC is to conduct such conferences at an international level.".

Publications
To date, ISEC has published its proceedings from seven full conferences and one regional conference, containing more than 1700 peer-reviewed papers from close to 100 countries. Its subject matter includes New Development in Structural Engineering and Construction, Modern Methods and Advances in Structural Engineering and Construction, Collaboration and Harmonization in Creative Systems,, and Innovations in Structural Engineering and Construction, and all are accessible in the ISEC Proceedings Archive.

Sponsors, Promoters, Endorsers
Past and present ISEC Conference sponsors, supporters, and endorsers have included:
 * American Concrete Institute (ACI),
 * American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE),
 * American Society of Civil Engineers, Australia Section,
 * Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ),
 * Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Hong Kong Branch,
 * Cement Concrete & Aggregates, Australia,
 * Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB),
 * Engineers Without Borders USA University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Chapter,
 * Engineers Australia,
 * Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales (UNSW),
 * Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies,
 * Hawaii Department of Transportation (Highways),
 * Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE),
 * The Institution of Engineers (India),
 * Japan Concrete Institute (JCI),
 * Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE),
 * Perth Convention Bureau,
 * RILEM,
 * Structural Engineering Institute (SEI),
 * University of Hawai'i at Mānoa College of Engineering,
 * University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV),
 * University of Rome “La Sapienza” University and Research (MIUR),
 * Societa Stretto di Messina S.p.A. Hilti Italia S.p.A., and
 * Wayne State College of Engineering (WSU).

Conferences and education
Each year ISEC hosts an annual conference and some regional conferences. Its next regional conference is scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2014. Its next annual conference has yet to be scheduled.