Innovative world of concrete 2008

The Indian Concrete Institute is organising an exhibition and seminar titled 'Innovative World of Concrete 2008' from December 11-14, 2008 at New Delhi. .

ICI Innovative World of Concrete 2008, is designed to meet the diverse needs of the Indian construction industry, which would open new business vistas in line with the government policies and develop and improve the country's infrastructure.

The display profile of the exhibitors are:

• Batching equipment
  
• Testing and instrumentation
  
• Building fixtures and fttings
  
• Water supply, sanitary, electricals and air-conditioning
  
• Construction machinery, materials technology and chemicals
  
• Software services
  

The theme of the conference is 'Concrete for new age structures'. The construction industry has witnessed an exponential growth in the past few years. Some of the very important and challenging bridges, buildings, flyovers, chimneys and industrial structures are in different phases of construction.

Use of microsilica and blended cements have become increasingly popular. Appropriateness of each materials needs to be understood by the engineering fraternity. The best way to disseminate such knowledge is to have a common platform for presentations, discussions and interaction. This conference is expected to fulfill these needs of today's engineers. Sub-themes of the conference have been carefully chosen keeping in view the emerging trends and technologies in the field of civil engineering.

The sub-themes of the conference are:

• Aesthetics.
  
• Mega projects in concrete.
  
• Special concretes and quality assurance.
  
• Design and codes of practice.
  
• Construction methods and equipment.
  
• Innovative materials and technology.
  
• Repairs and rehabilitation.
  
• Earthquake resistant concrete structures.
  

For more details, please contact:

The Secretariat
The Indian Concrete Institute
57, Khizrabad, New Friends Colony
New Delhi 110 025
Tel: 91-11-65659495, 96
Fax: 91-11-26920271
Email: ici_iwc08@tafcon.com
Web: www.ici-iwc08.com

PlumbexIndia 2009

PlumbexIndia 2009 is being organised by The Indian Plumbing Association (IPA), jointly with Akar InfoMedia Private Ltd. (AIM) is organising 'PlumbexIndia' from 30th January - 1st February 2009 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (East), Mumbai.

The Indian Plumbing Association (IPA) is the apex body of plumbing professionals in India. Set up with the objective to promote developments in plumbing and building services industry, IPA has successfully created a forum for exchange of ideas and dissemination of information amongst its members. As a member of the World Plumbing Council, IPA encourages its members in achieving and maintaining high standards of workmanship.

PlumbexIndia 2009 is targeted at plumbing consultants & contractors, architects & interior designers, real estate developers and contractors, utility owners and property managers, manufacturers and distributors, hoteliers and hospital administrators, fire service officials and bureaucrats, urban planners and project managers, and dealers and traders.

For more details, please contact:
Indian Plumbing Association
E-117, L.G.F. Greater Kailash III, Masjid Moth,
New Delhi 110 048 India
Phones : +91 11 2922 0063 / 4163 6298
E- mail : indianplumbing_2004@yahoo.com

bauma China 2008 gears up for a new exhibitor record

As space allocation gets underway for bauma China 2008, it is already clear that a new record will be set for exhibitor numbers. In 2006, a total of 1,088 international exhibitors put on presentations in the SNIEC (Shanghai New International Expo Centre), but for this year's event in November, bauma China is set to welcome at least 1,150 exhibitors, thanks to the expansion in space. This renewed expansion and the broad product range at bauma China reflects the continuously rising demand for construction machinery, building materials machinery, construction vehicles and equipment in Asia. Visitor interest is expected to focus in particular on the range of building materials machinery at the fair, not least because the Chinese and Indian economies are currently enjoying double-digit growth, with similar potential being predicted for the coming years in the building materials sector.

According to the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), the construction industry is one of the main engines of growth in the Indian economy. By the year 2012 alone, a total of $500 billion is being invested in infrastructure projects. By far the largest proportion of this is earmarked for improving the road network, and building new roads. In parallel with this, investment is also continuing apace in commercial and residential construction.

An important measure of construction activity is cement production. According to the Cement Manufacturers Association India was the second biggest consumer of cement last year after China. For the current year the association expects demand to be around 175 million tonnes.

This building boom is also being felt in China. According to Chinese statistics, in 2006 around 50 percent of the worldwide consumption of cement was accounted for by the Peoples´ Republic, as well as 30 percent of total iron consumption and 15 percent of total energy consumption. At the same time, by 2010 the aim is for energy consumption to decrease by 20 percent and emissions of dangerous greenhouse gases by ten percent. This ambition presents the international exhibitors with the same challenges in Asian markets as they are facing in European and American markets. Namely, that in terms of both product innovation and optimisation, what is needed are new techniques and a reorientation on the part of both manufacturers and users. Automated processes, for example, increase the quality of aerated concrete and sand-lime bricks, thus avoiding wastage in the production process. Expensive soil replacement, too, can be avoided through the use of new machinery, attachments and building materials, with the result that emissions are reduced because less material needs to be transported away from the site.

What will be the building materials machinery manufacturers' response to on the one hand rapidly expanding markets, and on the other the need to save machinery and resources? The place to find out is the fourth bauma China, from 21 to 24 November 2008 in Shanghai.

For more details, please contact:
Messe Muenchen GmbH
bauma China Exhibition Management
Messegelaende, 81823,
Muenchen, Germany
Tel.: (+49 89) 949-20258
Fax: (+49 89) 949-20259
Email: info@bauma-china.com
Website: www.bauma-china.com

ACI CD-ROM on textile-reinforced concrete

This CD-ROM is a collection of papers prepared for a symposium sponsored by ACI Committee 549 at the ACI 2005 Fall Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The symposium explored the current state-of-the-art and recent advances in material science, mechanical behaviour, production methods and practical applications of textile-reinforced concrete (TRC). Important topics covered in this publication include material science and technology of textile reinforcement and cementitious matrix used in TRC, design methods for TRC, structural behaviour of TRC, applications of TRC, production methods of TRC, and numerical modelling of TRC composites.

SP-250 CD-ROM: Textile-Reinforced Concrete. $63.50 (ACI members $39.00).

For more details, please contact:
American Concrete Institute
P.O. Box 9094
Farmington Hills, MI 48333-9094
USA
Tel: 1-248-848-3800
E-mail: bkstore@concrete.org
Web: www.concrete.org