European Conference 2024 – Construction Repair, Reinforcement and Protection
Presentation
The European Association for Construction Repair, Reinforcement and Protection, ACRP, held its first European Conference.
The event took place on 28 November in Madrid, Spain.
It was organised in collaboration with the Spanish Association for the Repair, Reinforcement and Protection of Concrete, ARPHO.
Conference book
Conference Book – European Conference 2024: Construction Repair, Reinforcement and Protection
Program
Wednesday – November 27th, 2024
16:00 – 19:00 ACRP General Assembly (for members only)
Thursday – November 28th, 2024
Multilingual conferences with simultaneous interpretation.
08:30 – Accreditation of participants
09:00 – Welcome and inauguration
Mr. Ales Jakubik, President of the European Association for Construction Repair, reinforcement and Protection, ACRP
Mr. Leszek Szmaj, President of the Asociación de reparación, refuerzo y protección del hormigón, ARPHO
Conference session 1
Presented and moderated by: Mr. Javier Sánchez – Head scientist of Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, IETCC
- Concrete Repair: Perspectives from the United States and Canada
Mr. Eric Hauth – International Concrete Repair Institute, ICRI
Mr. Brian MacNeil – President of International Concrete Repair Institute, ICRI - Standards for concrete Repair
Mr. Michel Donadio – CEN/TC 104/SC8 Chairman - Corrosion deterioration in the crown wall of breakwaters
Mr. Víctor D. Lanza Fernández – Center for Studies and Experimentation of Public Works, CEDEX - Prescriptive versus performance approach in repair processes
Ms. Carmen Andrade – International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering, CIMNE
Coffee break and networking
Conference session 2
Presented and moderated by: D. Leendert de Haan – Ingeniería y economía del transporte, INECO
- Maintenance strategy for offshore concrete structures
Ms. Jelena Zivkovic – EQUINOR - Rehabilitation of the offshore concrete structures
Mr Eirik Lindahl Garnæs – LINJEBYGG - Instrumentation and monitoring of railway bridges
Mr. Jose Antonio Gómez Barquín – ADIF - Long-term monitoring of two bridges in the Spanish railway network. How to control with data the decision making of a possible structural intervention
Mr. Alejandro Rodríguez González – Ingeniería y economía del transporte, INECO
Lunch and networking
Conference session 3
Presented and moderated by: D. Miguel Ortega – Asociación Española de Ingeniería Estructural (ACHE)
- FIB Introduction and the Model Code for Concrete Structures.
Mr. David Fernández-Ordóñez – The International Federation for Structural Concrete, FIB - Cases of durability and corrosion monitoring in structures. How to perform predictive maintenance
Mr. Javier Sánchez & Ms. Nuria Rebolledo – Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja, IETcc
Round table: Current status and challenges for conservation of structures
Presented and moderated by: Mr. Jesús Rodríguez – Chairman of Spanish Mirror Group Eurocode 2 Concrete Structures
- Mr. Andreas Brandner – European Council of Cilvil Engineers, ECCE
- Mr. Brian MacNeil – President of International Concrete Repair Institute, ICRI
- Mr. Francisco Esteban Lefler –The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, PIANC
Presentation of EUROBRIDGE 2025
Mr. Christian Tridon & Mr. Nicolas Gaubert
Acknowledgements and ARPHO Awards
18:00 – End of the professional program
Simultaneous translation
As you know, we have national and international speakers. We have therefore organised a simultaneous translation service. If you wish to make use of this service, you will be required to provide a valid identity document.
At the entrance to the hall there will be a table where you can purchase your receiver free of charge, as long as you leave a valid identity document, which will be returned when you leave with the receiver.
Marketing
This event was made possible thanks to the collaboration of:
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Silver sponsors:
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Location
The venue chosen for the event was:
Centro de Estudios y Experimentación de Obras Públicas (CEDEX)
Calle de Alfonso XII – 3
28014 Madrid (SPAIN)
Contact
If you would like to contact the association with any questions or suggestions, please send us your recommendations via the contact page.
