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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

 

Don’t miss out the Conference Book – European Conference 2024: Construction Repair, Reinforcement and Protection, which reunites the presentations that took place during the event.


Marketing

This event was made possible thanks to the collaboration of:

 

Gold sponsors:

MOLINS

Silver sponsors:

HAMMELMANN

 Bronze sponsors:

SOCOTEC

FOSROC

INGENIEROS ASESORES

GRUPO PUMA

Institutional partners:

FIB

ICRI

UNE

EFCA

PIANC

CIMNE

ACHE

ECCE

IETCC

CEDEX


Ministerio de Transporte y Movilidad Sostenible

RILEM

Media partners:

INTEREMPRESAS

CEMENTO HORMIGÓN

CONCRETONLINE

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 I | Concrete Repair, Standards and Durability

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 & Mr. Brian MacNeil | 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 II | Monitoring, Maintenance and Offshore Structures

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 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 III | Structural Durability and International Standards

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 Civil Engineers, ECCE

Mr. Brian MacNeil | International Concrete Repair Institute, ICRI

Mr. Francisco Esteban Lefler | The World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure, PIANC

Special Presentations

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.


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