An editorial and technical group headed by Brian Cavill from VSL has completed a draft of the Institute's revised Grouting of Prestressing Ducts recommended practice publication.

The editorial and technical groups' work has already been subjected to a review by an expert panel.  Institute members and other interested parties are invited to make final comment by close of business on 6 October 2006. Comments may be forwarded to the Institute's national office by email to membership@concreteinstitute.com.au or by mail to the address shown below.

To obtain a copy of the draft recommended practice publication, contact Nicole Raymond at the Institute's national office on membership@concreteinstitute.com.au or call her on (02) 9736 2955.  The draft is also available through the members' only section of the Institute's web site at www.concreteinstitute.com.au

The review period in this instance has been limited as the draft has already been subjected to an expert review process.  members are advised to keep the tight deadline in mind when finalising submissions.

The call for papers for Concrete 07 - design, materials & construction - concrete for the future is easily available on-line through the Institute's web site at www.concreteinstitute.com.au

Already a steady flow of abstracts has been received by the conference organising committee led by Loreto Taglienti.

Concrete 07, to be conducted in Adelaide, South Australia from 18 to 20 October 2007 promises to be technically challenging. Nine themes have been established for the conference including design, materials, construction, projects, precast concrete, strengthening, sustainability, durability and risk.

Promotional opportunities are available by way of sponsorship, advertising and exhibition packages.  Already the conference is receiving great support from Adelaide Brighton Cement, BASF Construction Chemicals Australia, Hanson Construction Materials, Sika, Xypex, Structural Systems, Hilti, OneSteel and Bianco Precast.  Details on available packages are available from the conference secretariat on (08) 8379 8222 or by email to events@plevin.com.au

In order to ensure transparency, accountability and that appropriate consultation with the Institute's broad membership has taken place, the Institute's Council has adopted a revised interim policy which is aimed at supporting the Institute's overall mission of promoting and developing excellence in concrete technology, application, design and construction across Australia.

The interim policy is available for review through the members' only section of the Institute's web site at www.concreteinstitute.com.au or by contacting Nicloe Raymond at the Institute's national office: email membership@concreteinstitute.com.au or phone on (02) 9736 2955.

Comments on the policy should be forwarded to the Institute no later than 20 October 2006.

Due to the retirement of an Institute nominated representative from one committee, in addition to requests from Standards Australia for new nominees to a number of committees, members are invited to consider nominating as one of the Institute's representatives to a Standards Australia Committe.

In the first instance, members are invited to forward an expression of interest to the Institute's national office by email to membership@concreteinstitute.com.au or by mail to the address shown below.  Interested members will be supplied with copies of the Institute's existing and interim policies which relate to Standards Australia committee nominated representatives and will then be invited to supply details in support of any nomination they wish to make.

Available positions are on the following committees:

Committee Ref. No.	Committee Name		Committee Web Link
BD-002	Concrete Structures
BD-101	Retrofitting Structures by Plating
BD-084-03	Steel reinforcing & Prestressing Materials/Bar Chairs & Spacers

Specific information on the operation of the three relevant Standards Australia committees is available by clicking on the ConcensusBuilder logo in the above table.

General information on the operation of Standards Australia committees is available through the ConcencusBuilder web site by clicking on the image below:

IQA - CCAA Construction Materials Industry Conference - CMIC 2006

Wednesday 11 - Saturday 14 October, 2006

Crown Towers, Melbourne, Australia

The Institute of Quarrying Australia (IQA) and Cement, Concrete and Aggregates Australia (CCAA) have joined forces for the first time to hold this combined event.

Key industry leaders and decision makers from the Australian and International construction materials industry and government representatives will gather to discuss trends, strategies, policy and industry options. The conference theme is Partnering for the Future, which reflects the status of the construction materials industry in Australia.

CMIC is a conference for the whole cement, premixed concrete and extractive industry.  It will offer interesting presentations and discussions on topics of relevance and interest to all those involved from "grass roots" production and operational parts of the industry through to sales, marketing, supervisors and senior management.

All enquiries should be directed to the conference secretariat via the conference web site at www.iceaustralia.com/cmic2006

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All Concrete Institute of Australia publications including this electronic newsletter are made possible by continuing support received from our Platinum Company members. For information on these companies, link to their web sites through the Institute's web site at www.concreteinstitute.com.au