New Year Greetings

2010, New Year Greetings form the Chairman of JSCE Concrete Committee, T.Miyagawa

 

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Research Committee

Subcommittee on Quality evaluation and inspection system of historical structure (Subcommittee 216)

The subcommittee 216 clarified the current situation of concrete surface quality in concrete structures and the necessity of completion inspection on the durability, that is not be able to be assured by confirmation of compressive strength. Moreover, the committee investigated LCC evaluation based on deterioration prediction by considering concrete surface quality and cover thickness.
 
Special Feature
Discussion :Overseas evolution of Japanese Concrete Technology
Editors invited four Japanese experts who had some experience in foreign operation: Yasuo Inokuma, Yuichi Kaneko, Eisuke Yamamoto and Hiroshi Yokota.
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Conference Report

ConMat'09
The 4th International Conference on Construction Materials: Performance, Innovations and Structural Implications (ConMat'09) was held on 24 - 26, August, 2009 in Nagoya, Japan.
Mr. Yoshinobu Nobuta (Kajima Corporation) reports.

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TCG-JSCE' Joint Seminar
The New Developments in Technologies and Standards for Concrete and Reinforced Concrete in EUROPE and JAPAN :

Technical Chamber of Greece (TCG) hellenic concrete section and Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) concrete committee held the seminar on November 20, 2009 in Athena, Greece. Prof. H.Nakamura (Nagoya University) who joined and delivered a lecture in the seminar reports.


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Conference Information
FraMCoS-7 (May 23-27, 2010)
7th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures & Post-Conference Workshops, Jeju, KOREA
http://www.framcos7.org/
CONSEC10 (June 7-9, 2010)
Sixth International Conference Concrete under Severe Conditions Environment & Loading, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
http://www.consec10.com
IABMAS 2010 (July 11-15, 2010)
The Fifth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Philadelphia, USA
http://iabmas.atlss.lehigh.edu/

 


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