ANNA MARIA VII PRESENTATIONS
Keynote Lecture
Durability, Profitability and
Sustainability
Pierre-Claude Aitcin
Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
Session 1: Environmentally Friendly Binders
Sustainable Development Priorities
- The Holcim Case
Markus Tschudin
Holcim Group Support, Switzerland
CO2 and Climate
Change in the Cement and Concrete Industry: An Example from Lafarge
Jacques Lukasik
Lafarge, France
Session 2: Cracking: Characterization and Control
The Role of Cracks in Durability
Jan Olek
Purdue University, USA
Living with Cracks: A Look toward Performance Prediction Models that Consider Cracking
Jason Weiss
Purdue University, USA
Three Viewpoints on the Problem of
Cracks in Concrete
Andrzej Brandt
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Session 3: “Green” Concrete
Limestone Cements and Their Future in North America
Al Innis
Holcim Group Support, USA
Mechano-Chemical Modification of
Cement and Eco-Cements Based on Industrial By-Products
Konstantin Sobolev
Universidad Autonoma de
Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Architectural Concrete
Peter Lizon
University of Tennessee, USA
A New Class of "Green"
Corrosion Inhibiting Admixtures
Paul Brown
Chemhydration, USA
Session 4: Permeability - Measurement, Characterization, Effect on Durability
Moisture Transport and its Impact
on Concrete Durability
Jacques Marchand
Université Laval, Canada
The Past, Present, and
Future of Pervious Concrete
Matt Offenberg
Rinker
Materials, USA
Session 5: Durability Indices - Estimation of Service Life
Specification and Design for
Durability of Reinforced Concrete:
South
African Developments
Mark Alexander
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Chloride diffusion coefficients: Are
they useful and what do they
mean?
Mike Thomas
University of New Brunswick, Canada
Evaluation of New and Exiting
Structures in Florida
Charles Ishee
Florida Department of Transportation, USA
Closing Remarks
What does this all mean to the structural
engineer?
Denis Mitchell
McGill University, Canada