Latin America 2014 - Conference program
Technical Courses |
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| Date | Schedule | Topic | Speaker | Country | Title |
| 25.03. | 09:00-17:00 | Course 1: | Arnold Van Acker/ Joost Walraven |
 Belgium Netherlands |
State of the Art of Precast Concrete Design according to the New Model Code |
| Course 2: | Carmen Andrade |  Spain |
Durability of Concrete Structures - Mechanisms, Testing, Repair | ||
Conference |
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| Date | Schedule | Topic | Speaker | Country | Title |
| 26.03. | 11:00-11:30 | General | Arnold Van Acker | Belgium |
New Handbook for Precast Concrete Design released |
| 11:30-12:00 | Hans Beuhausen |  South Africa |
Concrete mix design optimization for cost, strength and durability | ||
| 13:00-13:30 | Infrastructure | David Fernandez | Spain |
Precast Concrete Bridges | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Carmen Andrade | Spain |
Quality control of prefabricated elements using electrical resistivity | ||
| 14:30-15:00 | Enio Pazini Figueiredo |  Brazil |
Durable Concrete Structures for the Football World Cup and the Olypmic Games | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Energy/Maintenance | Dean Frank |  USA |
Sustainable Design for Precast Concrete according to PCI Quality Standards and Good Practice | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Michael Khrapko |  New Zealand |
Maintenance of the Equipment in Concrete Plants | ||
| 16:00-16:30 | Valter Lucio |  Portugal |
Precast Concrete Wind Tower Structures | ||
| 27.03. | 10:30-11:00 | Application/Technology | Joost Walraven | Netherlands |
New Concretes for new applications and new products - widening the range of precast concrete |
| 11:00-11:30 | Dean Frank | USA |
Quality Assurance of Precast Concrete during Production, Transport and Erection | ||
| 11:30-12:00 | Stef Maas | Belgium |
Design of hollow core slabs according to fib recommendations | ||
| 13:00-13:30 | Concrete blocks & pavers | Timoteo Gordillo |  Argentina |
Comparison of interlocking concrete block paving with traditional concrete and asphalt surfaces | |
| 13:30-14:00 | Stephan Steffen |  Germany |
Over ten years of experience in Germany and Scandinavia with flexible bonded bedding layers as an advantage for paving stone manufacturers | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | Márcio Corrêa | Brazil |
Modern Solution for Affordable Housing with Concrete Blocks | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Concrete pipes & manholes | Stef Maas | Belgium |
Concrete pipes, the pipes for future generations | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Esperanza Menéndez | Spain |
Designing and manufacturing concrete members for acid resistance | ||
| 16:00-16:30 | Michael Khrapko | New Zealand |
Advanced Concrete Technology for Durable Concrete Pipes and Manholes | ||