GEOS, Dr. Eng. Nagui Riad and DIRK India organized a Fly Ash Seminar under the hospice of the Maharashtra Fly Ash Information Centre on 8th February 2010 at the Donia Meeting Room,Concorde el Salam Hotel, Heliopolis Cairo, Egypt. Center point of the Seminar are two lectures by Prof. Ravindra K. Dhir , O.B.E., Concrete Technology Unit, University of Dundee, UK. The conference focused on Processed Fly Ash for Sustainable High Performance Concrete Construction, on new research work in respect of reduction of heat of hydration using Fly Ash in mass pour situations and on the newly developed POZZOCRETE 100 (Ultrafine Fly Ash). The large number of delegates clearly demonstrated that additional technical in depth information is welcomed by the Egyptian construction fraternity
Program Schedule
09:00 - 10:00 - Fly Ash: Basic Characteristics and Suitability for Use in Concrete
Professor R.K Dhir
10:00 - 10:45 - Environmental Aspects of Fly Ash Utilization in Construction
Mr. Georg Dirk
10:45 - 11:00 - Tea Break
11:00 - 12:00 - Fly Ash, Concrete Performance and Hot Aggressive Exposures and Concrete Results utilizing ultrafine Fly Ash
Professor R K Dhir
12:00 - 12:30 - Quality Assured Fly Ash and the POZZOCRETE process
Mr. Javed Shaikh
12:30 - 13:15 - Q & A session
13:15 - 14:15 - Lunch