The Centre organization is illustrated above. It consists of a Board comprising members from the consortium participants. The Board is to formulate the strategy for the Centre, approve annual operational plans, monitor the performance of the Centre according to the performance indicators described in the project description and annual targets, and propose corrective actions when needed. The director (Professor Langseth) is in charge of the operation of the Centre, assisted by a core team [Professors Børvik (vice director), Hopperstad (research director), Clausen, Holmestad, Lademo, Dumoulin, Marthinsen and Reyes] and a Centre coordinator. A Scientific Advisory Board of international experts provides scientific and strategic advice. Each of the five Basic research programmes, i.e. Lower scale, Metallic materials, Polymeric materials, Structural joints, and Structures, is led by a programme head. The programme heads are also responsible for the verification and validation of the developed models and technology. Cooperation across the research programmes ensures the transfer of technology and allows possible synergies. The Methods & Tools programme is the main instrument to link the Basic research in the Centre and the Industrial implementation at the industrial partners. An Industrial reference group with representatives from each of the partners serves as an arena for interaction between the partners and the research programmes.