Concrete back issues from May 2006:
Recent major fires question the push for unprotected steel structures
May 01, 2006; ... A worldwide round-up of concrete news and views An official report carried out by the independent Spanish research body Technic de Materiales y Construcciones into the fire-damaged structure of the Windsor Tower, Madrid, begs the question: should the steel industry be actively ...
Conference on occupational health policies
May 01, 2006; ... The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Constructing Excellence and the Health and Safety Executive have jointly organised a conference that will get organisations thinking about their occupational health policies. The one-day conference Reducing occupational health risks in construction: ...
Arup associate wins Young Consultant of the Year prize
May 01, 2006; ... Arup associate, Sarah Bowden, has won the 2006 Young Consultant of the Year Award. Sarah, 31, was presented with a certificate and a cheque for £1000 as she picked up the award, now in its 19th year, at an industry lunch in Claridges on 24 March 2006. A member of ACE's Progress Network for young ...
Health and Safety Insurance Conference
May 01, 2006; ... The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has launched a conference to outline the current health and safety issues and subsequent insurance issues within the construction industry. The conference will take place on 5 June 2006 at ICE, London and will provide professionals with practical ...
Adam Neville speaks at Italian University
May 01, 2006; ... Professor Adam Neville (past President and honorary member of The Concrete Society) addressed the third biennial meeting of the Association of Italian Producers of Ready-Mixed Concrete held in Rimini on 23-24 March 2006. Attended by over 700 people, his talk ...
Keele group develops new technology in concrete evaluation
May 01, 2006; ... A team from the Institute for the Environment, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics at Keele University has developed a technique to identify corroded steel within concrete by nondestructive means. Reinforced concrete can suffer dangerous and potentially catastrophic deterioration when the ...
Building on solid foundations
May 01, 2006; ... GSE Group has strengthened its groundworks capability through the integration and restructuring of its GSE Building & Civil Engineering Limited and Cogley Bros companies. The enlarged company will continue to trade as GSE Building & Civil Engineering Limited under MD, Derek ...
New H&S Chairman for British Precast
May 01, 2006; ... British Precast has announced that David Gilbert has been appointed Chairman of its Health & Safety Committee. David is Head of Health & Safety at Hanson Building Products, one of British Precast's largest member companies. David's main role is to accelerate the momentum behind the ...
Is your workplace noisy?
May 01, 2006; ... The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reminding employers that the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 came into force in early April. The 2005 Regulations will replace the existing Noise at Work Regulations 1989. Hearing loss caused by work is preventable but once hearing has gone it ...
Champion of the Decade
May 01, 2006; ... Mott MacDonald director, Alan Powderham (pictured above, right), has been voted Champion of the Decade for making the most significant contribution to the construction industry over the past ten years. At the Quality in Construction Awards ceremony held at The Hilton ...
Concrete Global Limited - new venture for Eduard Bychkov
May 01, 2006; ... Eduard Bychkov, Concrete Society member since 1998, has formed his own company. Concrete Global Limited. Eduard will be specialising in steel and synthetic fibres for concrete, screeds, steel fibrous concrete and concrete spraying, but will cover a wide range of special additives for concrete, ...
UK DIARY
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Bridgewater Place, Leeds
May 01, 2006; ... The 32-storey, 108m Bridgewater Place high-rise, which is currently taking shape on the Leeds city skyline, is destined to house 21,800m^sup 2^ of office accommodation in the lower ten floors and 200 apartments in the upper 20 floors. The lower ground and basement levels will provide 400 car ...
High-rise structures - the challenge is in the design
May 01, 2006; ... Current property market trends in major cities worldwide have made the development of tall residential and mixed-use building financially attractive and the UK and in particular, the City of London, has already initiated the design and construction of many skyscrapers and the race for the top of ...
Ontario Tower - London's tallest residential riverside building
May 01, 2006; ... Specialist concrete frame contractor PC Harrington is using the Doka Windshield system to provide slab-edge protection at the Ontario Tower, a 29-storey building that is taking shape at Providence Wharf, next to Canary Wharf in London's Docklands. Developed by Ballymore at a projected ...
New formwork technology provides a safe working environment for high-rise construction
May 01, 2006; ... The new Paragon development in Brentford, Hounslow is London's largest mixed-use affordable scheme and it is immediately evident when arriving on site that this project is a test of engineering skills and logistical planning. One of the most significant aspects is the structure's close proximity ...
Time and money saved on residential development
May 01, 2006; ... Founded in 1965, Simon Fraser University (SFU) has grown to 25,000 students on three campuses. Currently, SFU is building a 'UniverCity' retail and residential development on Burnaby Mountain, British Columbia, Canada. The planners want to provide population density within walking ...
Realising the site benefits of factory-welded reinforcement pile cages
May 01, 2006; ... This article describes the benefits of using pre-assembled welded pile cages produced by companies complying with the CARES Scheme's quality requirements. In addition, it considers temporary works' issues such as handling and treatment of delivered pile cages during initial offloading, site ...
Concrete lessons
May 01, 2006; ... The government has implemented a schools building programme which represents a major investment in education buildings. This includes a £2.2bn Building Schools for the Future programme for 140 new-build and 95 refurbished schools every year. The Government also plans to provide 200 City ...
Cement combinations
May 01, 2006; ... This Current Practice Sheet reviews differences between factory-produced cements, covered in Current Practice Sheet 140(1), primarily to BS EN 197-1(2) and 'combinations' of CEM I Portland cement with various additions as defined in BS EN 206(3) and BS 8500(4). For many years, the use of ...
Cements, Limes and Plasters. Their materials, manufacture and properties
May 01, 2006; ... Cements, Limes and Plasters. Their materials, manufacture and properties Author: Edwin C. Eckel DONHEAD. 2005. 752PP. £60. ISBN 1 873394 73 X THIRD EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1928. FACSIMILE REPRINT 2005. For those who are either interested in, or have a need to understand, the wide variety of ...
Remediation of St Mary's multi-storey car park, Colchester
May 01, 2006; ... St Mary's car park is a three-storey car park of lift slab design with 250mm-thick post-tensioned floor slabs with unbonded tendons constructed in 1980/81. The 630-space structure has red brick façades with the upper parking decks forming the roof. A reinforced concrete retaining wall, ...
Concrete repair strategies - the provisional European Standard and advanced repair mortar development
May 01, 2006; ... It is reported that over 50% of Europe's annual construction budget is spent on the repair and refurbishment of existing structures, buildings and facilities. As infrastructures age and budget and resource restrictions on new build become ever tighter, this figure can only increase ...
Esbønderup Hospital successfully treated by natural drying of the concrete
May 01, 2006; ... It is not often that the hospital itself is the patient, but that was the case with Esbønderup Hospital, Denmark, which underwent extensive renovation between 2000 and 2005 to remedy serious cracking of the concrete in the hospital's balconies. The concrete structure had suffered from ...
Keeping a wrap on it
May 01, 2006; ... Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) systems are carbon, aramid, e-glass and hybrid composites that are used to repair, strengthen and upgrade existing concrete, masonry, steel and wood structures. During the past 18 years, the Tyfo Fibrwrap Systems manufactured by Fyfe Company have been used ...
The maintenance and refurbishment of multi-storey car parks
May 01, 2006; ... With little space available for parking, multi-storey car parks (MSCPs) are now an essential part of the UK infrastructure. There are over 4000 MSCPs in the country, most of which are off reinforced concrete construction and were designed in accordance with outdated Building ...
Flat slabs and punching shear: reinforcement systems
May 01, 2006; ... Reinforced concrete flat slabs are one of the most popular floor systems used in residential buildings, car parks and many other structures. They represent elegant and easy-to-construct floor systems that above all try to keep the height between the ceiling and the floor to a ...
Managing north London's river flood defences: Part 2: focus on asset engineering
May 01, 2006; ... The Environment Agency Thames Region North East Area is responsible for managing many kilometres of main river open watercourses. A large number of these river channels are man-made, with a variety of materials including mass and reinforced concrete, masonry (brick, block), steel sheet piling, ...
Moment redistribution
May 01, 2006; ... Design codes acknowledge the non-linear behaviour at the ultimate limit state (ULS) by permitting a limned amount of moment redistribution from one part of the structure to another. This is very useful for design purposes, as bending moments can be transferred around a structure leading to ...
Eurocode 2 and PD 6687
May 01, 2006; ... The suite of Eurocodes and supporting documents necessary for the design of concrete buildings within the UK has now been published. The principal documents are listed as references 1 to 8. This article discusses concrete building design within the context of the Eurocode system but specifically ...
Contraction of in-situ concrete toppings
May 01, 2006; ... Casting an in-situ concrete topping onto a precast concrete substrate or base unit is a common way of forming a homogeneous slab. Many typos of hybrid construction are also formed in the same basic way. However, the differential between the contraction of the topping and the lesser or even zero ...
TRADE NEWS
May 01, 2006; ... Sika concrete repair mortars and coatings for Grade II Listed Brunswick Centre The Sika MonoTop concrete repair system is being used on the regeneration of the Brunswick Centre, a 1960s iconic concrete and glass structure covering over six acres in Bloomsbury. This is a one-part ...