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Betontage in Shanghai
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At the Betontage Asia 2015 conference, held from 5 to 6 November during the 2015 Shanghai International Building Industrialization Congress (BIC), Frank Dehn, fib Presidium Member and Deputy Chair of the Technical Council, gave a keynote speech about the fib, our mission and our activities in the advancement of European concrete technology and the development of the precast industry.
From left to right: ACI Past President William E. Rushing, ACI Executive Vice President Ronald G. Burg, fib President Harald S. Müller and ACI President Sharon L. Wood Photo courtesy of ACI
On 8 November 2015 fib President Harald S. Müller signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with ACI President Sharon L. Wood, ACI Past President William E. Rushing and ACI Executive Vice President Ronald G. Burg. ACI (American Concrete Institute) is ‘a leading authority and resource worldwide for the development and distribution of consensus-based standards, technical resources, educational and training programs, certification programs, and proven expertise for individuals and organizations involved in concrete design,
construction, and materials, who share a commitment to pursuing the best use of concrete.’ ACI and the fib have cooperated on projects for many years, with the 2014 joint ACI-fib workshop on fibre-reinforced concrete held in Montreal, Canada, a recent example of collaboration. The proceedings of the workshop will be published in the near future as an fib Bulletin and an ACI publication. The MoC, signed during the ACI Fall Convention in Denver, seals both associations’ commitment to developing and disseminating knowledge about concrete globally. ‘Globalization’ as fib President Harald S. Müller explained in his ‘Message from the president’, published in the March 2015 edition of Structural Concrete, means ‘developing closer official contacts’ with international associations that have comparable missions and publication strategies to those of the fib.
fib President Harald S. Müller and ACI President Sharon L. Wood Photo courtesy of ACI
The main aim of the conference was to provide a local platform for those presenting trends in the internation-
This new agreement follows the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with RILEM on 2 September 2015 in Melbourne, Australia, (announced in the fib-news section of Structural Concrete 16, No. 4).
Frank Dehn makes his keynote speech at Betontage Asia 2015 Photo courtesy of VNU Exhibitions Asia
al and Chinese concrete and precast industries and in technical innovations from the design to production stages. A warm-up workshop, two plenary sessions and forums dealing with the following topics were held: –– Design and innovation –– Manufacture and machinery –– On site and off site The event was attended by more than 500 participants. The next BIC is scheduled for October 2016. Structural Concrete 17 (2016), No. 1
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