Registration is now open for the Concrete Innovation Conference 2014 (CIC2014), taking place in Oslo, Norway on 11-13 June 2014. The conference themes will cover innovation in, but not limited to, the following areas: environmentally friendly concrete structures, efficient construction, structural design and structural performance, prolongation of service life. In addition, to underline the importance of innovation, a contest will be organized to highlight the best innovation.
For registration and further information, visit http://www.cic2014.com.
fib is pleased to announce a 40% discount for all fib members on the hardcover edition of MC2010. fib members can find the discount code for this offer in the members-only section of the fib website, www.fib-international.org (login using username and member number as the password). This special offer will be available until 28 February 2014.
In October 2013, the hardcover and e-book editions of the fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010 (MC2010) were published by the Ernst & Sohn publishing house. This milestone publication presents new developments and ideas with regard to concrete structures, structural materials and will serve as a basis for future codes for concrete structures as well as an essential document for national and international code committees, practitioners and researchers. See http://www.ernst-und-sohn.de/mc2010.
Aspecial 40% discount on the hardcover editionis offered to fib members until 28 February 2014. To obtain the discount code please go to the members only section of the website.
The 10th International Symposium on High Performance Concrete – Innovation & Utilization will be held in Beijing, China from 16 to 18 September 2014. The symposium will be a continuation of the successful previous symposia held every three years since 1987. It will bring together engineers, designers, researchers and scientists from around the world, to promote better understanding on common interests ranging from the latest research findings to the most challenging applications of high performance concrete for construction.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 February 2014. For more information, visit http://www.hpc-2014.com
The second FRC International Workshop (First ACI-fib Joint Workshop), "Fibre Reinforced Concrete: from design to structural applications" will take place at the Polytechnique Montreal, Canada, on 24-25 July 2014.
The aim of this workshop is to provide the State-of-the-Art on the recent worldwide developments that have been made in term of specifications and real applications of fibre reinforced concrete structures. Presentations of case studies will focus both on structural design and on the description of applications such as beams, elevated floors, tunnel linings, slabs, pavements, precast elements, bridges and other applications.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 January 2014. For more information visit http://www.polymtl.ca/frc2014.
International code harmonization: the role of the Asian Concrete Model Code
Tamon Ueda, Hokkaido University, Japan
Many national codes in Asia are heavily influenced by those from either Europe or the USA. The climatic, technological and economic conditions together with the material properties in Asia are, however, quite different from those in Europe and the USA, and even different among Asian countries. Thus, many Asian countries need their own national codes with suitable concepts and technologies. At the same time, many construction projects in Asia are carried out in multi-national environments in which various national codes are applied, meaning that international code harmonization is necessary. In order to work for the global issue, such as the construction of a sustainable world, Asia, as the largest economic zone in the 21st century, should take on a leading role. For this purpose, international code harmonization with the new direction of life cycle man- agement (LCM) would provide an efficient way.
The International Committee on Concrete Model Code for Asia (ICCMC) was established in 1994 as the first international body in Asia. The ICCMC issued the Asian Concrete Model Code (ACMC) in 2001, the first international structural code in Asia. The ACMC is an umbrella code with a performance-based concept and a multi-level document structure, which makes it suitable for the considerable diversity in Asia. It is also the first international code covering maintenance and repair, which makes the ACMC ready to adopt the LCM concept. The ACMC has been a model for various national codes. The main features of the ACMC, i.e. the performance-based concept, durability design concept, seismic design concept and the inclusion of maintenance/repair, are shared with JSCE Standard Specifications in Japan. The ICCMC has been working together with ISO/TC71 towards international code harmonization.
