Fly Ash in Concrete


RILEM Technical Committee 67-FAB ‘Use of Fly Ash in Building’ was

constituted in September 1981. Its objectives were:

to produce a state-of-the-art Report documenting current knowledge of the

properties of fly ash concrete and of the use of fly ash in building;

to make recommendations on new or modified test methods relating to the use

of fly ash;

to review research needed in this field and recommend priorities.

There have been four full meetings of the committee:

19–22 March, 1982 in Aachen;

6–7 June, 1983 in Paris;

24–25 September, 1984 in London;

22 April, 1986 in Madrid.

Preface

Eight Task Groups (TG) were set up to prepare the individual sections of the

Report. The Task Group chairmen are listed in the committee list which follows.

The results of work in the task groups were reported at the Second International

Conference on the Use of Fly Ash, Silica Fume, Slag and Natural Pozzolans in

Concrete on 22 April, 1986 in Madrid.



The committee was wound up in October 1986 and an Editorial Group was

charged with completion of the Report and the recommendations.

At the time of the Madrid Conference, work in the task groups had reached a

point at which work on the final version the state-of-the-art Report could begin.

It was agreed that Philip Owens should edit the report. Unfortunately, Mr Owens

was compelled to relinquish this task a year later, in April 1987 owing to

pressure of work and lack of resources, and for pesonal reasons. Roughly half the

text had been completed. After an unsuccessful search for other solutions, I took

over the task of editing the report myself. Costs incurred up to that point were

paid by the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

All illustrations were redrawn and standardized at the institute of Building

Research (Institut für Bauforschung, ibac) of the University for Technology,



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