With deep sorrow and respect, we regret to announce that Professor Zuyan Shen, the founder and editor-in-chief of the Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, passed away on October 11, 2017, at the age of 82. As the founder and editor-in-chief, Prof. Shen shaped the joal from its infancy. He was the leading contributor who proposed the scope, the focus, and most importantly, the development strategy of this joal. Prof. Shen conceived the idea of establishing the first comprehensive intational joal in civil engineering discipline in China. Therefore, he founded the joal in 2006, with the first issue officially published in January 2007. To promote the quality of the joal and its intational impact, he invited numerous intationally renowned scholars to join the editorial board. With his sustained efforts over the years, the joal has rapidly gained its reputation in civil engineering among our colleagues in both academia and industry.