10 October 2011 - With nine speakers presenting, Aurecon was the largest contributor of papers among consulting firms at the Concrete Institute of Australia’s Conference in Perth on 12-14 October 2011.

The theme of the conference was on "Building a sustainable future".

Dr Kourosh Kayvani, Head of Innovation, said, “Aurecon’s expertise in the use of concrete in buildings and infrastructure developments demonstrates best-practice in the industry.”

He added, “We had speakers across the construction, property and transport industries presenting our innovative client solutions and the latest thinking in concrete”.

Our presentations included:

• Ken O’Neill: Runway end safety area structures at Sydney Airport
• Anthony Scanlon: Using concrete to reduce energy consumption in iconic Perth public buildings
• Svetlana Khaykina: Innovative design of a 25-story concrete tower housing 10-story car stacker constructed using tunnel form system
• Ralph Belperio: Saving Brisbane City Hall
• Mark Alexander: Australia’s largest bridge pour using self-compacting concrete
• Declan Barrett: Non-linear FEA of thin walled concrete filled composite tubular column portal frame connection
• Aaron Toscan: Concrete framed hospitals and laboratories – key design issues and challenges
• Tom Watts: Evaluation of AS3600-2009 provisions for design by non-linear analysis
• Ulf Kreher: Cathodic prevention/protection in durability design of reinforced concrete structures

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