Innovative Materials and Techniques




Preface

Concrete is ubiquitous in the modern world. It is claimed to be the material that humankind uses most (in volume terms), after water of course. The position of structural concrete as the prime structural material seems unchallenged nowadays. However, to remain so and to continue serving well the world, concrete has to continuously

adapt to the economic, social and technical developments around the globe:

the demand for sustainable use and re-use of material resources, the threat of climate

change, the pressures in the developing world for more affordable

housing, the need of the developed world to extend

the lifetime of its infrastructures or to build

better and more efficient ones, the desire for safety in a world

of increased natural and man-made hazards, etc.


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