Excellence in Concrete Construction through Innovation: Proceedings of the conference held at the Kingston University, United Kingdom, 9 - 10 Septembe [Hardcover]

The concrete industry has embraced innovation and ensured high levels of longterm performance and sustainability through creative applications in design and construction. Excellence in Concrete Construction Through Innovation examines recent growth in concrete science, technology and practice, and discusses challenges from new materials, technologies, environmental concerns, and economic factors in maintaining concrete construction excellence. Of significant interest to engineers, designers, researchers and scientists, the book is drawn from a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Excellence in Concrete Construction through Innovation.Preface, Scientific and Technical Committee, Theme 1: Innovation and development in concrete materials/design Theme 2: Composite materials in concrete construction Theme 3: Design and construction in extreme conditions Theme 4: Protection against deterioration, repair and strengthening Theme 5: Environmental, social and economic sustainability credentialsMukesh C Limbachiya; Hsein Y. Kew both of the Concrete & Masonry Research Group Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, UKThe concrete industry has embraced innovation and ensured high levels of long-term performance and sustainability through creative applications in design and construction. As a construction material, the versatility of concrete and its intrinsic benefits mean it is still well placed to meet challenges of the construction industry. Indeed, concrete has kept evolving to satisfy ever more stringent, as well as demanding design requirements and calls to improve the performance. This has been achieved through the introduction of new constituent materials, technologies and construction methods.The current challenges faced by concrete construction may not necessarily be the same as those in the future. However, an ongoing programme of innovation and product development means that concrete should continue to provide cost effective sustainalC÷