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Cement & Concrete Composites 12 (1990) 307-313 News: Conferences and Symposia Conference on Emerging Concepts and Tech- nologies in Electrochemistry held in Karaikudi from 1-3 March 1991. Contact: Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, 623,006, Tamil Nadu, India. Technical Session on New Developments in Con- crete Pavements held in Boston, USA from 17-22 March 1991. Contact: Mr A. H. Hanna, Strategic Highway Research Program, 818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, USA. Symposium on Use of Models for Predicting the Properties of Cement and Concrete held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991. Contact: Mr B. Simons, Simons Engineering Services, 32510 N.E. lllth Street, Carnation, Washington 98104, USA. Technical Session on Cracking in Concrete Masonry held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991. Contact: Professor G. T. Halvorsen, Carl A. Peterson and Associates Inc., 1901 Raymond Drive, Suite 3, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, USA. Technical Session on Computer-Aided Design of Concrete Shells held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991. Contact: Professor John F. Abel, Hollister Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501, USA. Technical Session on Innovative Rehabilitation Technology for the 21st Century held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991. Contact: Mr A. Dhingra, James M. Mont- gomery, Consulting Engineers Inc., 250 N. Madison Avenue, PO Box 7009, Pasadena, Cali- fornia 91109-7009, USA. Technical Session on Properties of Concrete and Grouts in Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Disposal held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Conven- tion from 17-22 March 1991. 307 Contact: Professor Della M. Roy, 217 Mater- ials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University,'University Park, Pennsylvania 16802- 4801, USA. One Day Symposium on Build To Last -- The Durability of Concrete held in Preston, England on 19 March 1991. Contact: Mrs M. Williams, 54 Manor Road, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester M24 1LF, UK. International Workshop on Reliability of Off- shore Operations held in Gaithersburg, USA from 20-22 March 1991. Contact: Dr E. Simiu, NIST, Bldg. 226, Rm. B 158, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. International Conference on Construction: New Frontiers to be held in Singapore from 2-4 April 1991. Contact: Secretariat, Conference Management Services Pte. Ltd, 1 Maritime Square No. 09-43, World Trade Centre, Singapore 0409. Conference on Applied Solid Mechanics -- 4 to be held at the University of Leicester, UK from 3-5 April 1991. Contact: Prof. A. R. S. Ponter, Dept. of Engin- eering, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. Third International Conference on Structural Failure to be held in Singapore from 4-5 April 1991. Contact: Dr K. H. Tan, Dept. of Civil Engineer- ing, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 0511. Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers to be held in Cambridge, UK from 8-11 April 1991. Contact: Plastics and Rubber Institute, Con- ference Department, 11 Hobart Place, London SW1W 0HL, UK. Thirteenth International Conference on Cement Microscopy to be held in Tampa, Florida, USA from 8-11 April 1991. Cement & Concrete Composites (12) (1990)- © 1991 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. Printed in Great Britain

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Page 1: News: Conferences and symposia

Cement & Concrete Composites 12 (1990) 307-313

News: Conferences and Symposia

Conference on Emerging Concepts and Tech- nologies in Electrochemistry held in Karaikudi from 1-3 March 1991.

Contact: Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, 623,006, Tamil Nadu, India.

Technical Session on New Developments in Con- crete Pavements held in Boston, USA from 17-22 March 1991.

Contact: Mr A. H. Hanna, Strategic Highway Research Program, 818 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, USA.

Symposium on Use of Models for Predicting the Properties of Cement and Concrete held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991.

Contact: Mr B. Simons, Simons Engineering Services, 32510 N.E. l l l t h Street, Carnation, Washington 98104, USA.

Technical Session on Cracking in Concrete Masonry held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991.

Contact: Professor G. T. Halvorsen, Carl A. Peterson and Associates Inc., 1901 Raymond Drive, Suite 3, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, USA.

Technical Session on Computer-Aided Design of Concrete Shells held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991.

Contact: Professor John F. Abel, Hollister Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501, USA.

Technical Session on Innovative Rehabilitation Technology for the 21st Century held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Convention from 17-22 March 1991.

Contact: Mr A. Dhingra, James M. Mont- gomery, Consulting Engineers Inc., 250 N. Madison Avenue, PO Box 7009, Pasadena, Cali- fornia 91109-7009, USA.

Technical Session on Properties of Concrete and Grouts in Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Disposal held in Boston, USA during ACI Spring Conven- tion from 17-22 March 1991.

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Contact: Professor Della M. Roy, 217 Mater- ials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University,'University Park, Pennsylvania 16802- 4801, USA.

One Day Symposium on Build To Last -- The Durability of Concrete held in Preston, England on 19 March 1991.

Contact: Mrs M. Williams, 54 Manor Road, Alkrington, Middleton, Manchester M24 1LF, UK.

International Workshop on Reliability of Off- shore Operations held in Gaithersburg, USA from 20-22 March 1991.

Contact: Dr E. Simiu, NIST, Bldg. 226, Rm. B 158, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.

International Conference on Construction: New Frontiers to be held in Singapore from 2-4 April 1991.

Contact: Secretariat, Conference Management Services Pte. Ltd, 1 Maritime Square No. 09-43, World Trade Centre, Singapore 0409.

Conference on Applied Solid Mechanics -- 4 to be held at the University of Leicester, UK from 3-5 April 1991.

Contact: Prof. A. R. S. Ponter, Dept. of Engin- eering, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.

Third International Conference on Structural Failure to be held in Singapore from 4-5 April 1991.

Contact: Dr K. H. Tan, Dept. of Civil Engineer- ing, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 0511.

Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers to be held in Cambridge, UK from 8-11 April 1991.

Contact: Plastics and Rubber Institute, Con- ference Department, 11 Hobart Place, London SW1W 0HL, UK.

Thirteenth International Conference on Cement Microscopy to be held in Tampa, Florida, USA from 8-11 April 1991.

Cement & Concrete Composites (12) (1990)- © 1991 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. Printed in Great Britain

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Contact: Dr G. Gouda, 9548 Fox Hollow Drive, Potomac, MD 20854, USA.

International Symposium on Precast Concrete Railway Sleepers to be held in Madrid, Spain from 8-11 April 1991.

Contact: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Madrid Polytechnic University, Madrid, Spain.

Colloquium on Structural Concrete to be held in Stuttgart, FRG from 10-12 April 1991.

Contact: Secretariat, IABSE, ETH-H6ngger- berg, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.

International Conference on Environmental Pol- lution to be held in Lisbon, Portugal from 15-19 April 1991.

Contact: International Centre for Environ- mental Pollution, 11-12 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5LU, UK.

International Symposium on Mechanics of Polymer Composites to be held in Prague, Czechoslovakia from 16-18 April 1991.

Contact: Secretariat MPC 91, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Czecho- slovakia Academy of Sciences, Vysehradska 49, 128 49 Praha 2, Czechoslovakia.

International Seminar on Structural Design for Hazardous Loads -- The Role of Physical Testing to be held in Brighton, UK from 17-19 April 1991.

Contact: Dr J. L. Clarke, British Cement Association, Wexham Springs, Slough SL3 6PL, UK.

Third International Symposium on Roofing Tech- nology to be held in Montreal, Canada from 17-19 April 1991.

Contact: Mr W. Rossiter, Bldg 226, Room B 348, Gaithersburg, MA 20899, USA.

One day meeting on the Chemistry of Admixtures in Cement and Concrete to be held in London on 18 April 1991.

Contact: Society for Chemical Industry, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS.

Third East Asia -- Pacific Conference on Struc- tural Engineering and Construction to be held in Shanghai, China from 23-26 April 1991.

Contact: EASEC-3 Secretariat, c/o Xiang Haifan/Jiang Dahue, College of Structural Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai -- 200092, People's Republic of China.

Second International Conference on Reliability and Robustness of Engineering Software to be held in Milan, Italy from 23-25 April 1991.

Contact: Ms Audrey Lampard, Computational Mechanics Institute, Wessex Institute of Tech- nology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK.

Third Saudi Engineers Conference to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 28 April to 1 May 1991.

Contact: Conference Committee, King Saud University, College of Engineering, PO Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia.

23rd International Conference on Concrete and Reinforced Concrete to be held in Moscow, Russia from 16-29 May 1991.

Contact: Organising Committee, NIIZHB, 2nd Institutskaya 6, 109428 Moscow, USSR.

International Arctic Technology Conference to be held in Anchorage, Alaska, USA from 29-31 May 1991.

Contact: Conference Programming Depart- ment, Society of Petroleum Engineers, PO Box 833836, Richardson, TX 75083-3836, USA.

Conference on Recent Advances in Jetting Tech- nology to be held in Singapore from 7-8 May 1991.

Contact: CI Premier Pte. Ltd, 150 Orchard Road, 07-14 Orchard Plaza, Singapore 0923.

International Conference on Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Historical Buildings to be held in Seville, Spain from 14-16 May 1991.

Contact: Ms Audrey Lampard, Computational Mechanics Institute, Wessex Institute of Tech- nology, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK.

Colloquium on The Interaction Between Major Engineering Structures and the Marine Environ- ment to be held in Nyborg, Denmark from 27-29 May 1991.

Contact: Colloquium Secretariat, BB Training, Strandvejen 266B, DK-3070 Snekkersten, Denmark.

International Conference on Concrete Perform- ance to be held in Edinburgh, UK from 3-5 June 1991.

Contact: The Concrete Society, Devon House, 12-15 Dartmouth Street, London SW1H 9BL, UK.

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Second International Symposium on Quality Control of Concrete Structures to be held in Gent, Belgium from 12-14 June 1991.

Contact: Symposium Secretariat, Magnel Laboratory for Reinforced Concrete, Rijks- universiteit Gent, Grotesteenweg -- Noord 2, 9710 Gent -- Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

Conference on Fracture Processes in Brittle Dis- ordered Materials to be held in The Netherlands from 19-21 June 1991.

Contact: Dr J. G. M. van Mier, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Stevinweg 1, 2628 GA Delft, The Netherlands.

Symposium on Radiation Shielding for the 21st Century to be held on 25 June 1991 in Atlantic City, USA.

Contact: Mr D. E. Volkman, Los Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, MS M984, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.

International Conference on Computer Aided Optimum Design of Structures to be held in Boston, USA from 25-27 June 1991.

Contact: Ms Liz Newman, Computational Mechanics Institute, Wessex Institute of Tech- nology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK.

International Conference on New Dimensions in Bridges and Flyovers to be held in Singapore from 27-28 June 1991.

Contact: CI Premier Pte. Ltd, 150 Orchard Road, 7-14 Orchard Plaza, Singapore 0923.

International Conference on An End to Derelic- tion? to be held in Cardiff, UK, from 2-5 July 1991.

Contact: Conference Secretariat, Mid- Glamorgan County Planning Dept., Greyfriars Road, Cardiff CF 1 3LG, UK.

International Workshop on Hydration and Set- ting to be held in Dijon, France from 3-5 July 1991.

Contact: Laboratoire de Recherches sur la Reactivite des Solides, Faculte des Sciences Mirande, BP 138, 21004, Dijon Cedex, France.

Fifth International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements to be held in Montreal, Canada from 23-26 July 1991.

Contact: Ms Liz Newman, Computational Mechanics Institute, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK.

Fourth International Conference on Computing in Civil/Building Engineering to be held in Tokyo, Japan from 29-31 July 1991.

Contact: Mr Junichi Yagi, Managing Director, Office of Japan, Society of Civil Engineers, Yotsuya 1-0, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Sixth International Conference on Mechanical Behavionr of Materials to be held in Kyoto, Japan from 29 July-2 August 1991.

Contact: Prof. T. Inoue, Secretary General, ICM6, The Society of Materials Science, Japan, Yoshida-Izumidono-cho, Sakyo-ku 606, Kyoto, Japan.

International Conference on Composite Mater- ials ICCM8 to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii in July 1991.

Contact: American Society of Composites, 1350 North Fairfield Road, Dayton, Ohio 45432, USA.

Second International Conference on Durability of Concrete to be held in Montreal, Canada from 4-9 August 1991.

Contact: Mr H. S. Wilson, PO Box 3065, sta. C., Ottawa K1Y 4J3, Canada.

International Conference on Fracture of Engin- eering Materials and Structures to be held in Singapore from 6-8 August 1991.

Contact: Dr S. H. Teoh, Dept. of Mechanical and Production Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 0511.

Second International Conference on Applications of Supercomputers in Engineering to be held in Boston, USA from 13-15 August 1991.

Contact: Ms Liz Newman, Computational Mechanics Institute, Wessex Institute of Tech- nology, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK.

l l th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology to be held in Tokyo, Japan from 18-23 August 1991.

Contact: Professor H. Shibata, SMiRT 11, Komae Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 2-11-1, Iwato Kita, Komae, Tokyo 201, Japan.

International Conference on Computation Struc- tures Technology to be held at Heriot-Watt University, UK from 20-22 August 1991. Abstracts called for.

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Contact: Dr B. H. V. Topping, Department of Civil Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.

Contact: Mrs N. Parkes, Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S 1 3JD, UK.

International Conference on Boundary Element Method to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA from 21-23 August 1991.

Contact: Ms Liz Newman, Computational Mechanics Institute, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton SO4 2AA, UK.

Symposium on Bridges: Interaction Between Construction Technology and Design to be held in Leningrad, USSR from 11-14 September 1991.

Contact: Secretariat, IABSE, ETH-H6ngger- berg, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.

16th Conference on Our World in Concrete and Structures to be held in Singapore from 26-27 August 1991.

Contact: Dr J. S. Y. Tan, 150 Orchard Road, No. 07-14 Orchard Plaza, Singapore 0923.

International Symposium on Shell and Spatial Structures to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 2-6 September 1991.

Contact: IASS Symposium, Scientific Com- mittee, Royal Academy of Arts, School of Archi- tecture, Kgs. Nytrov 1, DK-150 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

International Conference on Diagnosis of Con- crete Structures to be held in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia from 3-6 September 1991.

Contact: Dr T. Javor, VUIS, Lamacska Cesta 8, 817 14 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.

Second International Conference on Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Civil and Structural Engineering to be held in Oxford, UK from 3-5 September 1991. Deadline for abstracts: 1 December 1990.

Contact: Dr B. H. V. Topping, Civil Engineer- ing Department, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK.

Tenth ERMCO Congress on Ready Mixed Con- crete to be held in Barcelona, Spain from 3-6 September 1991.

Contact: Mr K. Newman, ERMCO, 93a High Street, Staines, Middlesex TWl 8 4PQ, UK.

Sixth International Conference on Composite Structures to be held in Paisley, Scotland from 9-11 September 1991.

Contact: Dr I. H. Marshall, Dept. of Mech- anical Engg., Paisley College of Technology, High Street, Paisley PAl 2BE, Scotland.

International Conference on Blended Cements in Construction to be held in Sheffield, UK from 9-13 September 1991.

Third International Symposium on Brittle Matrix Composites to be held in Warsaw, Poland from 17-19 September 1991.

Contact: Prof. Dr A. M. Brandt, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Swietokrzyska 21, 00 049 Warsaw, Poland.

Second International Conference on Interracial Phenomena in Composite Materials to be held in Leuven, Belgium from 17-19 September 1991.

Contact: Ms J. Miles, Conference Organiser, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Halley Court, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8E J, UK, or Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK.

International Conference on the Utilization of Fly Ash and Other Coal Combustion Byproducts to be held in Shanghai, China from 18-20 September 1991.

Contact: Dr Wang Pu, 75 Wan Ping Road South, Zip Code 200032, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

International Symposium on Concrete Engineer- ing to be held in Nanjing, People's Republic of China from 18-20 September 1991. Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 1990.

Contact: Secretariat, Int. Symposium on Con- crete Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Tech- nology, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.

International Conference on Earthquake, Blast and Impact to be held in Manchester, UK from 18-20 September 1991.

Contact: The Conference Office, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1-7 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA, UK.

Nineteenth World Congress to be held in Morocco from 18-22 September 1991.

Contact: PIRAC, BP 6219, Rabat Institute, Marrakesh, Morocco.

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5th European Conference on Nondestructive Testing to be held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia from 22-27 September 1991.

Contact: 5th ENDT Sarajevo 91, c/o Zoitours, JNA 23, YU-71000 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

9th International Conference on Pipe Protection to be held in Cannes, France from 23-25 September 1991.

Contact: Ms L. Grove, Pipe Protection Con- ference, BHR Group Ltd, Cranfield, Bedford MK43 0AJ.

Third International Conference on Steel- Concrete Composite Structures to be held in Japan from 26-29 September 1991.

Contact: Prof. Chiaki Matsui, Secretary ICCS- 3, Department of Architecture, Kyushu Uni- versity, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka- shi 812, Japan.

International Conference on Application of Arti- ficial Intelligence Techniques to Civil and Struc- tural Engineering to be held in London, UK in September 1991. Abstracts called for.

Contact: Civil-Comp Press, 10 Saxe-Coburg Place, Edinburgh EH3 5BR, UK.

North American Workshop on Polymers in Con- crete to be held in Atlantic City, USA from 2-4 October 1991.

Contact: Mr W. D. Palmer, Director of Educa- tion, American Concrete Institute, PO Box 19150, Detroit, Mich. 48219-0150, USA.

International Conference on Concrete Engineer- ing and Technology to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 8-10 October 199 I.

Contact: CONCET 91 Secretariat, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sixth International Conference on Mechanics and Technology of Composite Materials to be held in Varna, Bulgaria from 14-16 October 1991.

Contact: Organising Committee, Central Laboratory of Physico-Chemical Mechanics, Acad. G. Bonchev Street, Block I, IV km, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.

EUROCORR 91 to be held in Budapest, Hungary from 21-25 October 1991.

Contact: Wissenschaftlicher Verein f/ir Maschinenbau, PO Box 451, H-1372, Budapest, Hungary.

Fourth International Ferrocement Symposium to be held in Havana, Cuba from 22-25 October 1991. Deadline for abstracts: December 1990.

Contact: Prof. H. W. Rivas, Vice-President UNAICC, Humboldt No. 104 Esquina a Infanta, Vedado, La Habana, Cuba.

International Symposium on Modern Applica- tions of Prestressed Concrete to be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from 22-25 October 1991.

Contact: Prof. L. Yongyi, China Academy of Building Research, PO Box 752, Beijing 100013, People's Republic of China.

Third World Congress on Joint Sealing and Bear- ing Systems for Concrete Structuresto be held in Toronto, Canada from 27-31 October 1991.

Contact: Mr S. C. Wilson, 3 Chicory Lane, Amherst, NY 14051, USA.

International RILEM Symposium on Research Results and Their Direct Transfer to Industry to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 28-29 October 1991.

Contact: J. Piehtownikow, Deputy Secretary, GLARILEM, INTI, Av. Leandro N. Alem 1067- 5 ° piso, 1001 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Fourth International Conference on Deter- ioration and Repair of Reinforced Concrete in the Arabian Gulf to be held in October 1991.

Contact: Concrete IV, The Conference Secre- tariat, The Bahrain Society of Engineers, PO Box 835, Manama, Bahrain.

International Conference on Asbestos Products to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 3-6 November 1991.

Contact: J. P. Chevalier-Bultel, The Asbestos Institute, 1130 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 410, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2M8, Canada.

RILEM International Seminar on Direct Transfer of Research Results to Industry to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 4-6 November 1991.

Contact: Secretaria, Glarilem-INT I, Att. J. Pichtownikow, Ave. Leandro N. Alem 1067, 5 °, 1001 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Conference on Coastal Structures and Break- waters to be held in London, UK from 6-8 November 1991.

Contact: Conference Office, Institution of Civil Engineers, 1 Great George Street, London SWIP 3AA, UK.

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International Symposium on Performance of Structural Lightweight Aggregate Concrete to be held in Dallas, USA during ACI Fall Convention from 10-15 November 1991.

Contact: Mr T. A. Holm, Solite Corp. PO Box 27211, Richmond, VA 23261, USA.

Technical Session on Innovative Use and Applica- tions of Computer Aided Design and Drafting in Concrete to be held in Dallas, USA during ACI Fall Convention from 10-15 November 1991.

Contact: Prof. J. E. Saliba, Dept. of Civil Engin- eering, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469, USA.

ACI International Conference on Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Concrete Structures and In- novations in Design to be held in Hong Kong from 4-6 December 1991.

Contact: Mr W. R. Tolley, American Concrete Institute, 22400 W. Seven Mile Road, Detroit, MI 48219-1849, USA.

National Concrete Engineering Conference to be held in Chicago, USA in April 1992..

Contact: Mr W. D. Palmer, ACI Director of Education, PO Box 19150, Detroit, MI 48219- 0150, USA.

Contact: Mr A. H. A1-Junaini, PO Box 16452, Riyadh 11464, Saudi Arabia.

14th Congress of International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering on Civilization through Civil Engineering to be held in New Delhi, India from 1-6 March 1992.

Contact: IABSE, ETH-Honggerberg, CH- 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.

World Building Congress to be held in Montreal, Canada from 18-22 May 1992. Deadline for abstracts: 1 April 1991.

Contact: Congress Secretariat, CIB 92, World Building Congress, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa K1A 0R6, Canada.

Fourth International Conference on Fly Ash, Silica Fume, Slag and Natural Pozzolans in Con- crete to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 3-8 May 1992.

Contact: H. S. Wilson, PO Box 3065, Station C, Ottawa, Canada K1Y 4J3.

International Symposium on Advances in Con- crete Technology to be held in Athens, Greece from 11-12 May 1992.

Contact: Mr H. S. Wilson, PO Box 3065, Station C, Ottawa, Canada K1Y 4J3.

International Colloquium on Structural Engin- eering to be held in Cairo, Egypt from 17-19 December 1991.

Contact: Prof. M. S. Mirza, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics, McGill University, 817 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2K6.

International Symposium on Fatigue and Frac- ture in Steel and Concrete Structures to be held in Madras, India from 19-21 December 1991.

Contact: Dr A. G. Madhava Rat, Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus, Taramani, Madras 600 113, Tamil Nadu, India.

Conference on Roller-Compacted Concrete to be held in San Diego, USA from 2-5 February 1992.

Contact: Mr K. Hansen, Portland Cement Association, 241 W 56th Ave., No. 200 Denver CO 80216, USA.

Conference on Building Deterioration in the Arab World and Methods of Repair to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 1-3 March 1992.

International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures to be held in Colorado, USA from 2-5 June 1992. Deadline for abstracts: 1 November 1991.

Contact: Prof. Z. P. Bazant, Centre for Advanced Cement-Based Materials, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3111, USA.

Fourth International Symposium on Develop- ments in FRC Materials with Emphasis on Ageing and Durability to be held in Sheffield, UK from 20-23 July 1992. Await further details.

Ninth International Conference on Alkali Aggre- gate Reaction in Concrete to be held in London, UK from 27-31 July 1992.

Contact: Conference Services, The Concrete Society, Framewood Road, Wexham, Slough SL3 6PJ, UK.

Third RILEM Symposium on Concrete in Hot Climates to be held in Torquay, UK from 22-25 September 1992.

Contact: Concrete Society, Framewood Road, Wexham, Slough SL3 6PJ, UK.

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7th International Congress on Polymers in Con- crete to be held in Moscow, Russia in September 1992.

Contact: Professor V. V. Paturoev, ICPIC-92 Secretariat NII ZhB, 2-ya Institutskaya ul. 6, 109428 Moscow, USSR.

Ninth International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement to be held in New Delhi, India from 23-28 November 1992.

Contact: National Centre for Building Mater- ials, MI0 South Extension II, Ring Road, New Delhi 110 049, India.