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Thursday, September 11, 2014

ICI forms technical committees on Industrial flooring and concrete durability

The Indian Concrete Institute is proposed to form one Technical Committee each on “Industrial Flooring” and on “Guidelines for Specifying Durability.

The technical committee on industrial flooring is will compile the knowledge available from literature, practitioners and case studies, Formulate guidelines for different types of applications, and compile a handbook of requirements, tests and specifications on concrete flooring; to organize seminars to disseminate knowledge on Industrial Flooring and  impart training in execution of concrete flooring.

ICI secretary general R Radhakrishnan said in an email communication to all members that Prof. Ravindra Gettu from IIT Madras will chair the Committee while Er. Ganesh Chaudhari of Bekaert Industries will be the Co-Chairman. 

On the other hand the objective of the Technical Committee on ‘Guidelines for Specifying Durability’ will evolve guideline document on Concrete Durability for Practicing Engineers, Architects, Builders, Consulting Engineers etc. with a view to provide them guidance on specifying the durability-related and suitability-centric provisions of concrete in actual practice.

This Committee will be chaired by Er. Vijay Kulkarni and co-chaired by Prof. Manusanthanam, IIT Madras, the communiqué said.

ICI Members, who can contribute towards the cause of this Committee are invited to join.  The mail asked members who are interested to be part of the panel to send their bio-data explaining how they can contribute to these Committees.  Members will be selected based on their merit by the Chairman of the Committee. Mails with a covering letter can be sent to ici4@airtelmail.in not later than September 25, 2014.

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