More than 150 delegates attended the POZZOCRETE Fly Ash Seminar in Cairo, Egypt

 

GEOS, Dr. Eng. Nagui Riad and DIRK India organized a Fly Ash Seminar under the hospice of the Maharashtra Fly Ash Information Centre on 8th February 2010 at the Donia Meeting Room,Concorde el Salam Hotel, Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt. Center point of the Seminar are two lectures by Prof. Ravindra K. Dhir , O.B.E., Concrete Technology Unit, University of Dundee, UK. The conference focused on Processed Fly Ash for Sustainable High Performance Concrete Construction, on new research work in respect of reduction of heat of hydration using Fly Ash in mass pour situations and on the newly developed POZZOCRETE 100 (Ultrafine Fly Ash).

 

The large number of delegates clearly demonstrated that additional technical in depth information is welcomed by the Egyptian construction fraternity

Program Schedule

09:00 - 10:00 - Fly Ash: Basic Characteristics and Suitability for Use in Concrete
Professor R.K Dhir

10:00 - 10:45 - Environmental Aspects of Fly Ash Utilization in Construction
Mr. Georg Dirk

10:45 - 11:00 - Tea Break

11:00 - 12:00 - Fly Ash, Concrete Performance and Hot Aggressive Exposures and Concrete Results utilizing ultrafine Fly Ash
Professor R K Dhir

12:00 - 12:30 - Quality Assured Fly Ash and the POZZOCRETE process
Mr. Javed Shaikh

12:30 - 13:15 - Q & A session

13:15 - 14:15 - Lunch

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