Use of Fly Ash to Enhance Concrete Properties
Sustainability Issues in Cement and Concrete Technology

V.M. MALHOTRA
(Honorary Chairman)




V.M. Malhotra is a Scientist Emeritus at CANMET, Ottawa, Canada. He is a former member of the American Concrete Institute's Board of Direction, and is active in the technical committees of ACI and ASTM.
 
Dr. Malhotra is an honorary member of ACI, and Concrete Society of the U.K., and a fellow of ASTM and Engineering Institute of Canada. He is a recipient of numerous honors and awards from institutes worldwide, and is the author of several books on concrete technology.

Performance of Blended Cements in SCC in Hot Environment
Self-Consolidating Concrete for Repair of Concrete Infrastructures
Effect of Rheology on Concrete Performance

KAMAL HENRI KHAYAT
(Chairman)




Kamal Henri Khayat, FACI, is Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Integrated Research Laboratory in the Valorization of Materials and Innovative and Durable Structures at the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. He specializes in the development of high-performance cement-based materials for structural applications and rehabilitation. He holds an NSERC Industrial Chair on High-Performance Concrete with Adapted Rheology at Sherbrooke. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the CANMET/ACI Citation for outstanding contribution for the development and use of chemical admixtures for SCC. Professor Khayat Chairs RILEM TC on Mechanical Properties of SCC and is Secretary of ACI 237, SCC.

Performance-Based Specifications for High-Performance Concrete

PIERRE-CLAUDE AITCIN




Pierre-Claude Aïtcin is Professor Emeritus at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, a member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, and an Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute. He was Scientific Director of Concrete Canada, the Network of Centres of Excellence on High-Performance Concrete for 8 years. For 9 years, he also held an Industrial Chair on Concrete Technology in collaboration with 13 industrial partners. He is the author of the book High-Performance Concrete published in 1998 by E and FN SPON of London. Portuguese, French, Czech, and Spanish versions of this book have also been published. His principal research interests were in the manufacturing and use of high-performance and ultra high-performance concretes, and the use of industrial by-products in concrete.

Guidelines for Concrete Durability Testing in the UAE

ADIL AL TAMIMI




Adil Al-Tamimi, MSc, PhD., FABE. American University of Sharjah Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of the Institute of Materials Systems, Co-Director of the College of Engineering Outreach Program, and Director of the MidEast Society of Materials & Education.  
 
Al-Tamimi has teaching, consultation, and research interests in the areas of: High-Performance concrete in harsh environment, construction materials, carbon fibers, management of materials, and engineering quality & safety. He has worked with the construction industry for over 20 years. chaired three international conferences on application of traditional and High-Performance materials in harsh environment, 2004, 2006, and 2008. Currently engaged on many funded projects with private industries and governmental sections and published over 40 papers and one book.

Pumping, Finishing and Curing of HPC

JAMES ALDRED




James Aldred has had over 25 years experience in the concrete industry. He has worked in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, the United Kingdom and Canada. His background includes Research Scientist developing admixtures and surface treatments, Manager of the High Performance Concrete Research Group at the National University of Singapore, Technical Director and General Manager of an international building materials supplier and Technical Manager of Taywood Engineering, one of the leading materials consultants. His responsibilities have included product development as well as technical support, training and market development, research on a range of building materials, preparation of specifications and durability plans as well as investigation of structures.

Durability and Hot Weather Requirements in the New Saudi Code

OMAR SAEED BAGHABRA AL-AMOUDI




Omar S. Baghabra Al-Amoudi is the Deputy Dean for Continuing Education Programs and a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). Prof. Al-Amoudi was one of the founding members of the American Concrete Institute-Saudi Arabia Chapter (ACI-SAC) and a Board Member of the Saudi Society of Civil Engineering (SSCE).  
 
Prof. Al-Amoudi has authored more than 130 papers. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the refereed Arabic Journal of Building Technology.

Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Smart and Sustainable Structure

NEMY BANTHIA




Dr. Nemkumar Banthia is a Professor of Civil Engineering, Distinguished University Scholar and a Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He has published over 250 technical papers, holds three interna- tional patents and serves on the editorial boards of four international journals. His honors include the WG Hislop Award of the ACI-BC Chapter, four Best Paper Awards, the Wason Medal from the American Concrete Institute, “Solutions Through Research Award” of the British Columbia Innovation Council and a “Distinguished Researcher Award” of the Korea Concrete Institute. Dr. Banthia is a fellow of the American Concrete Institute, the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, the Indian Concrete Institute and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Rheological Study on Superplasticizer/Cement Compatibility at High Temperature

FRANCESCO SURICO




F. Surico graduated in industrial organic chemistry at the State University of Milan. He is co-operating with Mapei central Research Laboratory in Milan, Italy since 1998 as synthesis specialist for new concrete admixtures. Now he is leading the research group for the development of new admixtures for concrete in cooperation with the Mapei R&D laboratories in Europe and Asia.  
 
He is co-author of several papers on concrete technology and admixtures for concrete presented to the most relevant international conferences in this field as well as three international patents for the invention of new admixture for concrete.

Durability of Concrete in Marine Environment

MARIO COLLEPARDI




Mario Collepardi, is Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute. He used to be Professor of construction materials in the Italian University of Rome, Venice and Milan. He authored or co-authored more than 350 scientific papers, co-author of some textbooks on the science and technology of concrete.  
 
Prof. Mario Collepardi presently serves Cement and Concrete Research and Cement and Concrete Composites as a member of the Advisory Board.

Slipforming High-Performance Concrete for High-Rise Structures

REDA ABDEL FATTAH




Reda Abdel Fattah is the operations manager of Al Falah Ready Mix Concrete in Dubai and Northern Emirates. He received his Bachelor of Science in Geology from Cairo University in May 1988 and has worked in the field of Ready Mix Concrete from his graduation to date. Abdel Fattah has been involved in all aspects of the ready mix industry with particular focus in the technical department and has actively participated in several R & D programs relating to high strength and high performance self compacting concrete, Ultra Light-weight concrete and lately with the development of 100Mpa slip formed concrete

Internal Curing of High-Performance Concrete Corrosion Mitigation

GEORGE HOFF




Dr. George C. Hoff is a consulting engineer with 47 years of practice in the field of concrete materials and concrete construction. He is a past-President and Honorary member of the American Concrete Institute, past-Chairman of Commission 10, Construction, of the federation internationale’ du beton (fib), past-Director of the Materials Directorate of the ASCE Construction Institute (CI), and current member of the Board of Advisors of the Construction Industry Institute in the USA. He has authored and co-authored over 170 technical papers and 3 books on concrete materials and concrete construction. Dr. Hoff is President of Hoff Consulting LLC in Mississippi, USA.

Mitigation of Shrinkage and Cracking in High-Performance Concrete

TERENCE HOLLAND




Terence C. Holland is a consultant in the area of concrete materials and concrete construction practices. His clients include owners, designers, contractors, and concrete suppliers. He also provides services as an expert witness. Dr. Holland is a member of several ACI and ASTM committees, including ACI 318. He is a past chair of the ACI Technical Activities Committee and a past president of the Institute.

Admixture Compatibility Issues

CARMEL JOLICOEUR




Carmel Jolicoeur is Professor of Chemistry at the Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada. He specializes in colloid chemistry as it applies to material sciences, particularly cement and concrete. He has co-authored numerous papers, monographs and patents on superplasticizers and other chemical admixtures for hydraulic binder systems. He has taken an active part in the transfer of superplasticizer science and technology to the user community at the local and international levels.

Specifications and Testing of High-Performance Concrete

ABDUL KADER KAYROUZ




Abdul Kader Kairouz; is currently Assistant General Manager of ACTS at Qatar, technical manager of ACTS. President of ACI Lebanon Chapter and Lebanese Concrete Society. Member of several organizations such as ICT, ACI, ASTM C09.40, C09.47 and C09.60; involved in several regional and international seminars, researching in concrete and aggregates and has several technical papers.

User Friendly Ultra High-Performance Concrete

RABINDER KHURANA




Rabinder Khurana is the Technology Director for Business Unit Admixtures System Europe of BASF Construction Chemicals. He received his postgraduate diploma in reinforced concrete structures from Milan Polytechnic, Milan, Italy. He has more than 35 years of experience in concrete technology and admixtures applications.  
 
In the last 15 years has actively participated in numerous International Conferences organised by CANMET/ACI, BIBM, ERMCO, etc., presenting innovative uses of the state of the art admixtures for specific applications such as, self-compacting concrete, precast concrete for eliminating external heat curing and ready mixed concrete and Ultra High Performance Concrete.

Service Life Prediction of Concrete Structures

MOHAMMAD NAGI




Dr. Mohamad Nagi has more than 20 years experience in construction materials, corrosion of metals, durability and non-destructive test methods. He is currently the regional manager of the materials technology group of GHD in Dubai. Prior to joining GHD in 2006, he worked for 17 years in a leading engineering firm specialised in concrete structures in the United States. Mohamad has been the author of over 35 technical papers on concrete materials, corrosion, durability and non-destructive testing. Dr. Nagi was involved in an FHWA funded project dealt with prediction the remaining service life of key bridges over the Mississippi river in the U.S.

Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete

CLAUS PETERSEN




Claus Petersen holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. diplomas from the Technical University of Denmark and the Danish University of Business Administration and Economy. He founded the Germann Instruments companies in 1976.  
 
Mr. Petersen has extensive experience in the application of the test systems, and is frequently lecturing in NDT methods at universities and government or private institutions. He has authored a number of books and papers on the test systems .  
 
He is a member of ACI committee 228 on Non-Destructive Testing and ASTM C09.64 Non-Destructive and In-Place Testing, as well as the European RILEM Technical Committee on Non-Destructive Evaluation of the Covercrete.

Chemical Admixtures: Essential Components of Concrete Technologies

NELU SPIRATOS




Nelu Spiratos is President and CEO of Handy Chemicals Ltd., Montréal, Québec, Canada and Chairman of the Board of Directors of VFT Canada.  
 
For over twenty years, he has focused on the development and manufacture of concrete superplasticizers, as well as on worldwide promotion of superplasticizer technology. He also co-authored several papers, patents and two books on concrete superplasticizers.

High-performance Concrete in Marine / Coastal Construction

FOUAD YAZBECK




Fouad Yazbeck holds a Civil Engineering diploma from the ESIB (Lebanon) and an MBA from the ESSEC (France). He is the Technical Manager of Readymix Abu Dhabi and ALDAR Readymix.  
 
Mr. Yazbeck has 15 years of experience in the concrete industry and is a founding member of ACI Lebanon Chapter, a member of ACI and ACI Committees 233 (Ground Slag in Concrete), 207 (Mass Concrete) and 234 (Silica Fume in Concrete).