Category Archives: Concrete

Concrete 2015

Posted on 14/08/2015 by dougaj4

This year the 27th biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia will be held in Melbourne from 31st August to 2nd September, in conjunction with RILEM Week. Concrete 2015 On behalf of the organising and technical committees, we cordially invite … Continue reading →

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Getting concrete shrinkage right

Posted on 21/03/2015 by dougaj4

At the end of last year, very quietly, the commentary to the Australian Concrete Structures Code (AS 3600) was published.  The commentary provides a wide range of explanatory and background information to the requirements in the main code, including some … Continue reading →

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Reducing Risk in Structural Concrete Design

Posted on 23/02/2015 by dougaj4

The Concrete Institute of Australia is running a series of full day seminars on Structural Concrete Design for Extreme Events in each of the mainland capitals: See:  Structural Concrete Design for Extreme Events for details of dates and locations in … Continue reading →

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Durability of Concrete Structures

Posted on 07/11/2014 by dougaj4

Don’t put yourself or your concrete assets at risk. Designing and constructing for durability is one of the most important aspects of any construction program. However, requirements for concrete durability are extremely fragmented in Australia. These conflicting requirements put designers, … Continue reading →

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Faster Biaxial Bending

Posted on 10/08/2014 by dougaj4

The spreadsheet to calculate ultimate moment capacity of a reinforced or prestressed concrete section under combined axial load and biaxial bending, last presented here, has been updated to use the QuadBrent solver, rather than the Excel Goal Seek function, for … Continue reading →

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