Queenstown 2004
 
Rydges Lakeland Resort, Queenstown
16 – 18 September 2004

Session 1: 
Chairman:  David Gray

1      'Concrete Fights Back – The UK Story'
        Ian Cox – The Concrete Centre, UK
 
2      'The Economy – Where is it at & Where is it Going?'
        Nick Tuffley – Westpac

Session 2:
Chairman:  Peter Watson

1      'Some Controversial Issues in the Seismic Design of Concrete Buildings'
        Bob Park – University of Canterbury

2      'Durability Prediction of NZ Marine Concretes: 5-Year Findings from Exposure Site & Laboratory Studies'
        Derek Chisholm / Neil Lee – BRANZ Ltd
        Sue Freitag – Opus International Consultants Ltd

3      'Hawera Water Tower Restoration'
        Craig Stevenson – South Taranaki District Council
        Hugo Jackson – Construction Techniques Ltd

Session 3:
Chairman:  Alan Steel

1      'Pentagon – Disaster Response & Reconstruction'
        Richard Stehly – American Concrete Institute

2      'The Use of High Performance Admixtures in Precast Concrete'
        Ray Hudd / Mike Edwards – Sika (NZ) Ltd

3      'Shake Table Testing of Post-Tensioned Concrete Masonry Walls'
        Gavin Wight / Jason Ingham – University of Auckland
        Mervyn Kowalsky – North Carolina State University, USA

4      'Investigating Temperature Matched Curing for NZ Conditions'
        Timothy Walker / Jason Ingham – University of Auckland
        Andrew Dallas – Allied Concrete

Session 4:
Chairman:  Andrew Dallas

1      'High Performance Concrete for Major Structures in Developing Countries'
        Ian Burnett – ANCON Beton, Australia

2      'Wellington Railway Station Refurbishment'
        Jason Milburn – Holmes Consulting Ltd
        David Sharp – Construction Techniques Group Ltd

3      'Bond Strength in Internal Beam-Column Joints Incorporating High Strength Reinforcement'
        Nicholas Brooke / Les Megget / Jason Ingham – University of Auckland
        Richard Fenwick – University of Canterbury

Session 5:
Chairman:  Warren South

1      'Cable-Stayed & Suspended Post-Tensioned Solutions for Precast Concrete Frames: The Brooklyn System'
        Stefano Pampanin – University of Canterbury
        Claudio Pagani / Sergio Zambelli – B.S. Italia Styl-Comp Group, Italy

2      'The Performance of Fabric Energy Storage (FES) Structures – A Case Study Based On the Maths & Computer Sciences Building, Canterbury University'
        Chris Munn – Cement & Concrete Association NZ
        Larry Bellamy – ENSYS Ltd

3      'Excellence in Concrete Slab Construction'
        Andrew Dallas – Allied Concrete

Session 6:
Chairman:  Chris Munn

1      'Highway Expansions in Highly Sensitive Environmental Areas'
        Carlos Lazaro – American Concrete Institute

2      'Concrete Spills, Concrete Kills'
        Steve Tyson – Auckland Regional Council

3      'Concrete a Threat to Our Urban Environment?  Challenge to Turn Threat into Opportunity'
        Jan Heijs – North Shore City Council

Session 7:
Chairman:  Derek Chisholm

1      'The Specification & Verification of the Engineering Properties & Durability of Concrete'
        Tony Fiorato – American Concrete Institute

2      'Structural Welded Wire Reinforcement (WWR) for Concrete Structures – Now & for the Future'
        Roy Reiterman – P.E. & Associates, USA

3      'Effective Rebar Anchorage in Concrete'
        Derek Lawley – Pryda Reid

4      'Drying Shrinkage Behaviour of Cements Prepared Using NZ Pozzolans'
        Warren South – Golden Bay Cement
        Ihor Hinczak – Cementech Pty Ltd, Australia
        Denis Montgomery – University of Wollongong, Australia

Session 8:
Chairman:  David Petersen

1      'Canterbury District Health Board Staff Carpark Building'
        Peter Johnstone – Romulus Consulting Engineers
        Graeme Earl – Mainzeal Property & Construction Ltd; John Marshall – Stresscrete

2      'Joint Free Slabs on Grade'
        Warwick Colefax – Colefax Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd, Australia

3      'Concrete Contributions to Architecture'
        Andrew Charleson –School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington

4      'Construction of Prestressed Concrete Penstocks at Benmore'
        David Brathwaite

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