The Indian Concrete Journal-Dec. 2011

	212. Precast concrete – What and why Arnold Van Acker Design provisions for precast buildings in seismic areas S.G. Tsoukantas 1
FEATURES Editorial News & Events HOLCIM AWARDS: Winners for Asia Pacific announced BOOK REVIEW: Architecture in India since 1990 Rahul Mehrotra TECHNICAL NOTES: effect of bicarbonates in water on strength and Durability of concrete and mortar D. Arumugam, R. Jayapragasam, A. Dhanapal and E. Raju NEW PRODUCT FEATURE: concrete properties in the presence of fly Ash, superplasticizer and crystalline water proofing compound Mukesh Kumar, Umesh K. Kakkar, N.P. Singh, Sanjay Singh and N. B. Singh
Advances in Concrete Materials - IWACME 2012  The Department of Civil Engineering,  Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu is organising  an International Workshop on Advances in Concrete Materials during January 23-24, 2012. EQADS-2011  The PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore is organising a 3-day international conference on earthquake analysis and design of structures – EQADS 2011, during December 1 to 3, 2011 at the college campus. Emerging Trends in Transportation Structures  The Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers are organising  an international seminar on “Emerging trends in transportation structures” during February 10-12, 2012 at Amar Gyan Grover Auditorium, Lala Lajpatrai College Building, Khadye Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai. NUiCONE-2011  The Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad is organising an internaional conference  - NUiCONE -  on December 08-10, 2011 at Nirma University campus, Ahmedabad. fib symposium 2012 - Call for papers  The fib symposium will be held in June 2012 at Stockholm, Sweden. The Symposium Theme is “Concrete Structures for Sustainable Community”.