ICJ-The Indian Concrete Journal 87-2 February 2013

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	313. Permissible temperature in fast breeder reactor vault concrete S. Divya Rani, Manu Santhanam, V. Venkatachalapathy and C. Sivathanu Pillai Factors affecting priority of maintenance for bridges Sanjay Wakchaure, Vishnu Jayan and Kumar Neeraj Jha Nonlinear elastodynamics of concrete water tanks with shaft-type staging Mamta R. Sharma, Arbind K. Singh and Gurmail S. Benipal 1
EDITORIAL NEWS & EVENTS Aircraft Hangar Flooring: Floor design of MRO hangar J.D. Buch Discussion Forum: Study of cracks in reinforced concrete members
Construction & Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycling  The Central Public Works Department and Indian Concrete Institute are jointly organising the ICI - CPWD workshop on Construction & Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycling during 28th February to March 1, 2013 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Engineering  The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar is conducting a short course on “Geotechnical Aspects of Earthquake Engineering” during 04 – 08 March, 2013 at campus. Innovative Materials and Construction  The Department of Civil Engineering, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College,  in association with the Indian Society for Technical Education and Indian Concrete Institute are organising and international conference on  "Innovative Materials and Construction" (ICIMC'13) during 8th and 9th April, 2013 at Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu. bauma 2013  bauma, the International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment will be held from 15 to 21 April 2013 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Germany. Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction  The ongoing economic challenges in many parts of the industrialized world are drivers of a paradigm shift: governments, companies and individuals are all becoming aware that although sustainable development incurs costs, it also offers considerable economic potential. This topic: “Economy of Sustainable Construction” is the focus of the 4th International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction, to be held in Mumbai, India, from April 11 to April 13, 2013. Project Qatar 2013  The 10th International Trade Exhibition for Construction Technology and Equipment, Building Technology, Energy and Environmental Technologies will be held during 6-9th May 2013 at Doha, Qatar. Big 5 Construct India 2013  The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) along with the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India in cooperation with dmg events, UAE, is organising Big 5 Construct India during 02 - 04 September, 2013 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. Construction Technology / Trenchless Engineering  The Construction Industry Development Council along with the Mewar University  is offering a Ph.D Programme and M.Tech-Ph.D Integrated Programme for the Session 2013-14 in Construction Technology and Management and Trenchless Engineering. The UKIERI Concrete Congress    The UKIERI Concrete Congress titled "Innovations in Concrete Construction" will be held at Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar (Punjab) during 5 - 8 March 2013. For detailed programme, logon to their website – www.ukiericoncretecongress.com. Vishwakarma Awards – Call for nominations  The fifth Annual CIDC Vishwakarma Awards will be held on 7th March 2013, at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. National Convention on Ferrocement  The Ferrocement Society (a trust formed by the engineers to promote ferrocement technology), Pune is organising a National Convention on Ferrocement titled ‘FS 2013’ at Pune during June 15-16, 2013 at Pune. Concreting at great heights in high rise buildings  The India Chapter of American Concrete Institute is organising a national seminar on "Concreting at great heights in high rise buildings" during 8th and 9th February 2013 at The Institution of Engineers (India), Maharashtra State Centre, 15, Haji Ali Park, K. Khadye Marg, Mahalakshmi, Mumbai. bC India 2013  The International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles — bC India 2012 — will be held during 5 - 8 February 2013 at Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai. Ecobuild India 2013  Ecobuild in UK commands the leading and most influential position as the world’s largest expo dedicated to sustainable building designs and eco-friendly construction. Building on the success, UBM Built Environment is delighted to launch Ecobuild India from 16-18 April 2013 at Bombay Exhibition Centre (BEC), Mumbai. Conferences by IIT Madras  Rehabilitation and restoration of structures, February 13-16, 2013. Advances in building sciences, February 13-16, 2013. 2013 fib Symposium  The 2013 fib Symposium with the theme, "Engineering a Concrete Future: Technology, Modelling and Construction", will be held during April 22-24, 2013 at Tel-Aviv, Israel. Concrete Sustainability  The International Conference on Concrete Sustainability ICCS13 to be held during at Tokyo, Japan, from May 27 to 29, 2013, is organized by the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) and jointly organized by fib, ACI, and RILEM, and will be the first international conference co-organized by the world’s leading academic concrete societies in which there are active committees on the sustainability of concrete. Call for Papers: 2nd UKIERI Concrete Congress  Whilst the response to the Congress to date has been excellent, the Congress Organising Committee would be pleased to further receive offers of original papers by the closing date of 31 March 2012 and would like to hear from potential authors with 250 words abstracts of their proposed papers in any of the six conferences of the Congress listed below together with their subject themes. In submitting abstracts, the authors are requested to indicate the Conference and the Theme under which they would like their papers to be considered.  Engineering a concrete future  The International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) will be organising an fib symposium on the theme 'Engineering a concrete future: Technology, modelling and construction', during April 22 to 24, 2013 at Tel-Aviv, Israel.