Keep Concrete Attractive Volume 2

Concrete is an excellent structural material especially owing to its variety in properties, wide range of applicability and reasonable price. The past 150 years taught us how to deal with this material and how to develop it for the increasing requirements. Significance of concrete seems to be increased even if new types of steel, aluminium, timber and glass products appear. Concrete was and is, however, attractive in many ways. Just remember to its constituent materials available from many local sources, unlimited forms, constructability, economy and aesthetics. We should only keep the significance of concrete by reaching its favourable performance. Concrete is an always developing material meeting the needs for the technology and for the material itself. Attractiveness of concrete as a structural material is understood and demonstrated by the engineers and architects in different ways. The various fields are Attractiveness of concrete structures, Innovative materials and technologies for concrete structures, Modelling of structural concrete, Sustainable concrete structures, Prefabrication, Fire design of concrete structures intend to demonstrate various aspects of its attractiveness. Remember: keep concrete attractive.

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