37th Conference on
OUR WORLD IN CONCRETE & STRUCTURES
Goodwood Park Hotel, 29-31 August, 2012, Singapore

Theme:
“The Art, Science and Practice of Concrete”

Co-sponsors
-WAK Technologies Pte Ltd (Gold)
-Novaars International Pte Ltd (Star)
-ITW Construction Products (S) Pte Ltd (Bronze)
-Unibeton Ready Mix, UAE (Bronze)
-The Ready-Mixed Concrete Assn of Singapore (Bronze)
-Cement And Concrete Assn of Singapore (Bronze)

Support Organisation
- The Asian Concrete & Construction Institute
- Concrete Sawing & Drilling Associatin, USA

Organiser
CI-Premier Conference Organisation, Singapore


Conference Tentative Programme (14 Aug 2012)

Final programme will be issued on-site

Thursday, 30 August 2012

0800 Registration at Goodwood Park Hotel Ballroom Foyer, Level 2 (Arundel & Dover Rooms)

0900 36th OWICS Conference Opening (Master of Ceremony: Er Yogesh Chhabra)
Welcome Address by Conference Chairman, A/Prof K C Gary Ong
Opening Statements by Presidents/Representatives

0930 Conference Dedication Lecture (Chairperson: Em Prof Seng Lip Lee)

Mr Willie Kay,WAK Technologies Pte Ltd, Singapore
“Construction Chemicals – Past, Present and Future”

1030 Morning Refreshments
1045 Keynote Session 1 (Chairperson: A/Prof K C G Ong)

1-David Ball
“The Beauty of No-Cement Concrete”
2-O Wallevik
“Title to be advised”
3-James Aldred / John Day
“Title to be advised”

1245 Lunch

1400 Keynote Session 2 (Chairpersons: Prof M H Zhang)

4-Klaas van Breugel, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
“Self-healing material concepts as solution for aging infrastructure”
5-presented by Ben Sealey, Elkem Norway
“Improving sustainability of concrete construction – the role of high strength and high performance concrete” by Per Fidjestol and Rein Terje Thorstensen

1520 Afternoon Refreshments

1540 Keynote Session 3 (Chairpersons: Dr C T Tam)

6-Chris Stanley, Unibeton Ready Mix, UAE
“Inspirations in the art and science of concrete”
7-Mark Sarkisian, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, USA
“The fluid form, efficiency, and art of concrete”

1700 Keynote Session 4 (Chairperson: A/Prof Susanto Teng)

8-Franco Mola, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
“The new model for creep of concrete in FIP model code 2010”
by F. Mola and L.M. Pellegrini
9-C R Alimchandani, STUP Consultants P. Ltd., India
“Some World Records in Indian Structures”

1845 Assemble at Hotel Lobby for transport transfer to dinner venue
1930 Concrete Industry Dinner at Chui Huay Lim Teochew Cuisine Restaurant
(Chui Huay Lim Club) at 190 Keng Lee Road (off Newton Circus)
2230 Bus transport returns to Goodwood Park Hotel


Friday, 31 August 2012

0900 Special Papers Session 1A and Technical Session 1B
Special Papers (Chairperson: Dr G M Sabnis)
1-Denis Beaupre
"Rheological probe to measure concrete workability" by Denis Beaupre
2-Des King (presented by Ben Sealey)
"The Effect Ofsilica Fume On The Properties Of Concrete As Defined In Concrete Society Report 74, Cementitious Materials" by Des King
3- Mark G. Stewart
"Impact of climate change on corrosion and damage risks to concrete infrastructure" by Mark G Stewart , Lizhengli Peng and Xiaoming Wang

Technical Session 1B (Chairperson: Dr Huiqing He)

1-Husain Al-Khaiat
"The Kuwaiti code for the design of r c structures" by Husain Al-Khaiat
2- Joseph Bagnara
"Contractors practical experience in the use of nylon fibres in concrete to control and prevent shrinkage cracks" by Joseph Bagnara
3- Shrirang N Tande
"An experimental investigation on characteristic properties of fibre reinforced concrete containing waste glass powder as pozzolana" by S. M. Chikhalikar
and S N Tande

1030 Morning Refreshments

1050 Technical Session 2 (Parallel)
Technical Session 2A (Chairperson: Dr R N Krishna)
1-D V Reddy
"Response of a freshly placed full scale concrete drilled shaft to vibrations induced by adjacent shaft installation" by D.V. Reddy, C.S. Gonzalez-Mier and K. Sobhan
2-Keiyu Kawaai
"Size-effect of early age shrinkage at the interface between fresh cementitious mixtures and hardened concrete substrate in a tropical environment" by K C G Ong,
K Kawaai, C.T Tam and S D Pang
3-Haruki Sato
"Effects on forming of fragile layer of surface by thickness of member section of concrete" by Haruki Sato, Yoichi Thukinaga, Minoru Aba,
Yuki Sakoi and Yoshinori Gondai
4-Zhisheng Lin
"Conceptual design and numerical analysis of a DFD beam-column connection for application in apartment blocks" by K C G Ong, Zhisheng Lin, Lado Riannero Chandra, C T Tam
and Sze Dai Pang
5-Giorgio Ferrari
"New additive for recycling returned concrete with zero-impact" by Giorgio Ferrari,
Walter Nussbaumer and Francesco Surico
6-Sook Fun Wong
"Development of a permeable interlocking pavement system using recycled plastics"
by S. F. Wong, X. Zhao, B. K. Tay, S. Ghosh
and S. K. Ting

Technical Session 2B (Chairperson: Mr Chris Stanley)

1-B Sabet Divsholi
"Evaluation of heat of hydration for high performance concrete incorporating normal and ultra fine ground granulated blast furnace slag" by Sabet Divsholi, Darren T.Y. Lim and Susanto Teng
2-Soerya Widjaja
"Rectangular corner column-slab connections subjected to combined gravity and bidirectional lateral loads" by Soerya Widjaja ,R. Hidayat and Susanto Teng
3-Koji Takasu
"Mechanical properties and prediction of compressive strength of the concrete with high volume fly ash as a part of fine aggregate" by Koji Takasu, Hiroki Suyama and Yasunori Matsufuji
4-J S Dali
"Performance of concrete containing mineral admixtures subjected to high temperature" by J. S. Dali and S. N. Tande
5-Hiroki Suyama
"The strength properties of the concrete Used eco-cement, fly ash and recycled aggregate" by Hiroki Suyama, Koji Takasu and Yasunori Matsufuji
6-Koji Mitani
"Innovative bridge assessment methods using image processing and infrared thermography technology" by Koji Mitani and Masato Matsumoto

1230 Lunch

1330 Technical Session 3 (Parallel)
Technical Session 3A (Chairperson: Dr Teng Hooi Tan)


1-Franco Mola
“Capacity, durability and robustness: the basic principles of conceptual design”
2-Daichi Kuroiwa
“Evaluation for chloride induced corrosion of concrete with silicate type surface penetrant" by Daichi Kuroiwa, Shinichi Miyazato and Tatsuyuki Takashima
3-Takahiro Nishida
"Nondestructive evaluation of steel corrosion in concrete using electro-magnetic pulse method" by Takahiro Nishida, Mitsuyasu Iwanami, Yuichiro Kawabata and Nobuaki Otsuki
4-Shinya Kitagawa
"Deteriorated detection of the Reinforced concrete slab of a highway bridge Using impact acoustics method" by Shinya Kitagawa, Sadao Kimura and Mamoru Moriyama
5-Kouhei Watanabe
"Durability investigation of rc bridge after 56 years" by Kohei Watanabe, Yuki Sakoi, Minoru Aba, Akihisa Kamiharako and Yoichi Tsukinaga
6-Toshiki Annaka
"Field survey for carbonation depth of reinforced concrete buildings in the Philippines" by Nobuaki Otsuki, Ronaldo S. Gallardo, Toshiki Annaka, Satoshi Takaki
and Takahiro Nishida
7-Ramanathan Krishna
"Concrete floorings- a green approach to finishing new overlays and retrofit"
by R N Krishna and Paulo Bergstrand


Technical Session 3B (Chairperson: Mr Lock Soon Oh)

1-Ramesh Kommajosyula
“Innovative applications of post-tension for restoration of structures" by Ramesh Kommajosyula
2-Masakazu Terai
"FEM analysis on retrofit of existing buildings composed of low strength concrete with shear wall"
by Masakazu Terai and Koichi Minami
3-P B Sakthivel
"Corrosion-free cementitious composites for sustainability" by P.B. Sakthivel and A. Jagannathan
4-Omar M Ben-Sasi
"Tests of interior flat slab-column connections transferring shear force and moment" by Omar M. Ben-Sasi
5-Jian Wang
"Study on shear behavior of deteriorated rc beams due to alkali-silica reaction"
by Jian Wang and Hidenori Morikawa
6-Vincent Z. Wang
"Implications of selected parameter estimation schemes to reinforced concrete member reliability analysis with incomplete structural appraisal data" by Vincent Wang, T Pease and S Robinson
7-Ryoji Sakurada
"First-principles study on structural stability of Ba-Doped Belite" by R. Sakurada, H. Mizuseki and A. K. Singh


1530 Afternoon Refreshments

1545 Parallel Sessions
ACI-SC Special Papers (Chairperson: Mr Jin Ping Lu)
Project competition papers


Technical Session 4B (Chairperson: Mr Kiat Huat Seow)
1-V. Bhikshma
"Study on the permeability of the recycled aggregate concrete using fly ash"
by V.Bhikshma and K. Divya
2-Nanae Ito
"Study on the mix proportion of concrete containing high-quality fly ash"
by Nanae Ito, Yoshiaki Sato, Kenji Ueda and Toshihiro Otani
3-Shingo Tabata
"Basic properties of concrete using low-quality recycled fine aggregate with chloride" by Shingo Tabata,
Shinichi Miyazato, Takahiko Amino and Takashi Habuchi
4-Lenka Bodnarova
Mechanically activated fly ash and its influence on properties of fresh and hardened concrete" by Rudolf Hela, Lenka Bodnarova and Denisa Orsakova
5-R N Krishna
"Rice husk ash - an ideal admixture for concrete in aggressive environments" by R.N.Krishna
6-Joseph Bagnara-1..traiining
"Training for a qualification in concreting operations" by Joseph Bagnara

1735 Closing Session (Chairpersons: A/Prof K C Gary and Prof MH Zhang)

-Discussion
-OW12 Citation - Conference Awards
-ACI-SC Papers Competition Winners
-Closing Remarks by Conference Chairmen
-announcement of OW13 etc
-Vote of thanks
-Adjournment of OW12 conference

1800 Adjournment of Conference




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