Title: Conference '95 - The Concrete Future - Technical Conference & AGM, The Sheraton Hotel, Auckland 

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Date: 8/1/1995

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Session 1: Keynote Address Recent Bridging Achievements – Michel Virlogeux, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, France Session 2: New Zealand Bridges The Otira Viaduct Design Concepts – Ian Billings, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Design & Construction of the Pukaki Creek Bridge – Peter Lipscombe, Woodward-Clyde (NZ) Ltd; Andrei Vadnjal, Fletcher Construction Ltd Thorndon Overbridge Seismic Retrofit – Alan Powell, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd Session 3: Design & Retrofit Innovations Composites for civil structures and their application internationally – Edward Fyfe, Hexel Fyfe Co, USA; Rob Irwin, Contech Group Ltd; Ronald Watson, R J Watson Inc, USA Case histories of a sliding isolation system – Ronald J Watson and Paul F Bradford, R J Watson Inc, USA External prestressing – Michel Virlogeux, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, France Session 4: Concrete Briefs Innovative precast flooring systems for the Museum of New Zealand – Brian Griffin, Firth Industries The use of precast concrete in the Mangere SH20/20A motorway extensions – Chris Mackenzie, Holmes Consulting Group Ltd The use of prestressed concrete in building structures in Japan – Minehiro Nishiyama, Fumio Watanabe and Hiroshi Muguruma, Kyoto University, Japan Session 5: Feature Session Behaviour of buildings during the great Hanshin earthquake – Fumio Watanabe, Kyoto University, Japan Behaviour of bridges during the Kobe earthquake – Bob Park, University of Canterbury Session 6: New Zealand Buildings Design of Sky Tower: New Zealand’s tallest structure – Rob Jury and Dale Turkington, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd Construction of the Sky Tower – Warren Hollings, Fletcher Construction South Pacific & NZ Ltd Observatory Hotel, Queenstown: Precast concrete as far as the eye can see – Adrian Jones, Holmes Consulting Group Session 7: High Strength Materials High strength concrete in buildings – Des Bull, University of Canterbury/Cement & Concrete Association Use of high strength reinforcing steel in Japan – Hiroshi Muguruma, Fumio Watanabe and Minehiro Nishiyama, Kyoto University, Japan Opportunities in New Zealand for high strength reinforcing steel – Bob Park, University of Canterbury Application of high strength concrete in cantilever bridge construction – Eddie Koenders, Cornelia van der Veen and Vivek Kaptijn, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Session 8: Concrete Briefs Cracking in hardening concrete due to temperature effects – Eddie Koenders, Sander Lockhorst and K van Breugel, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Dynamic visualisation of reinforced concrete structures under severe earthquake motions – Shoji Ikeda and Takahiro Yamaguchi, Yokohama National University, Japan Precast concrete: Simple connections – Grant Wilkinson, Holmes Consulting Group Ltd