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INTRODUCTION: |
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The 2nd African Concrete
Code Symposium will be held at the University of
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, during the
period of 29 to 30 November 2006. The context of the
Symposium is to provide an opportunity for researchers,
academics and practitioners who are interested in the
development of the different sections of the African
Concrete Code (ACC), to present and discuss the work of
previously identified working groups. The Symposium will
also bring together academics from beyond the African
continent who have been involved in the development of
multi-country frameworks for specification to allow for
a consideration of the best-practice approaches in this
field. The focus is strongly on addressing the twin
problems of poor serviceability and low durability of
very expensive concrete infrastructure in many countries
across Africa. The ACC Committee is taking a
multi-country, Africa-wide approach to addressing this
problem as a strategy for maximising the effectiveness
of the specification framework as well as the future
development and contributions to improved international
understanding of the associated issues. |
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CONFERENCE OUTLINE |
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The Symposium will take place over two days. On the
first day the symposium will be in the format of formal
presentations, mainly by ACC working group leaders who
will present the proposed contents and structure of
their themes and discuss current status of concrete
construction and research, or on specific interesting
projects in their regions. Public participation will be
invited and South African participants will be able to
earn points for continued professional development. The
second day will be used for participation by working
groups in a workshop format. The language of
communication will be English. On day three of the
event, visits to interesting construction sites will be
arranged. Details for these will follow at a later
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REGISTRATION: |
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The registration fee for public participation on day one
of the event is R 950. Deadline for final registration
is 27 November 2006. An early-bird registration date of
31 October will attract a discount of R 200 on the
conference fee.
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REGISTRATION
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IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES: |
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Early-bird
registration: 31 October 2006
Final registration: 27 November 2006
Symposium day 1 (open to public participation): 29
November 2006
Symposium day 2 (workshop group meetings): 30 November
2006
Symposium day 3 (site visits): 31 November 2006
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CONFERENCE ADDRESS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: |
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For further
information, please contact:
Prof. Jan Wium
Chairman: Organising Committee
Dept. of Civil Engineering
University of Stellenbosch
South Africa
Fax: (27)-21-808-4947
Phone (27)-21-808-4444
E-mail: janw@sun.ac.za
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