A seminar on “Steel Structures, High-rise Buildings and New Building Technologies” was organized by ETEK (Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber) at the administration building of the CUT (Cyprus University of Technology) in Limassol on 10th November 2012, attracting a lot of interest. The much esteemed civil engineers Platonas Stylianou, Socrates Ioannides and Dimitris Vamvatsikos highlighted the rapid evolution of technology in the field of steel structures through their presentations, relating in particular to the analysis, design and anti-seismic action. Our company was one of the three sponsors of the event.