Running blog for Concrete 2015!

At the upcoming Concrete 2015 Conference hosted by the Concrete Institute of Australia, the ADAA's CEO, Craig Heidrich will present to an audience of over 500. His presentation will cover "Challenges Contemporizing Australian Standards: Supplementary Cementitious Materials."

The 2016 conference will address the many diverse aspects of concrete technology including materials, sustainability, techniques, research and development, design, practice and economics. Papers will be drawn from all over the world bringing together many disciplines, reflecting concrete’s importance, versatility and adaptability.

Every year, the Concrete Institute of Australia recognizes outstanding achievements in concrete structures and concrete technology with the presentation of their Awards for Excellence in Concrete. There are various categories for which the awards are presented, including Project, Technology, International and Sustainability. These categories are further divided into Building and Engineering projects within each state.

We were lucky enough to have an Australian win the award for “Most Outstanding Student Oral presentation" at WOCA 2015. Ali Kiani, from the University of Newcastle Callaghan, NSW presented on Upgrading of Cenospheres in Fly Ash using as series of Inverted Reflux Classifiers. 

Coal Ash Asia 2015 (CAA2015) will be held in Beijing, China from the 20th to the 24th of September. There is one month left for early bird registration, which provides a 25% discount on the comprehensive attendance package. 

Global Independent Review: Commercial recovery of metals from coal ashes. This UK based author reviews over 300 papers and interviews with 28 expert globally to evaluate commercial activities in this area. It profiles 17 of the leading players globally that are commercialising metal recovery technologies relevant to coal ashes. It also provides an overview of ash volumes, current uses, metal content data and valuations, and leading ash characterisation experts, as well as exploring political, social, environmental, regulatory and supply issues.

The 23rd ACMSM was hosted by the Southern Cross University (SCU) in Byron Bay at the Lismore Campus between 9-12 December 2014. Over 180 presentations were delivered at ACMSM23 including 6 keynote speakers.

Concrete 2015 will be held at the Pullman in Melbourne’s Albert Park spanning three days (30 August – 2 September) allowing industry-leading stakeholders to share their innovative research in areas including materials, construction and design.