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There is No Planet B
My latest (and final) President’s column from the Concrete in Australia Magazine: Some responsibilities of engineers are universally recognised. Everyone accepts that we have a duty to carry out design and construction so that structures will be serviceable, strong and … Continue reading
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Concrete 2015
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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Reducing Risk in Structural Concrete Design
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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Tagged Concrete Institute, Earthquake design, Fire design, Risk reduction
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Durability of Concrete Structures
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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Getting concrete shrinkage right
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 →