MC2020: fib Model Code for Concrete Structures – Advances in design and life cycle management

Stuart Matthews
Convenor
fib Task Group 10.1:
Model Code 2020

The influence of the recycled aggregates on concrete’s structural design

Jorge de Brito
Professor
Instituto Superior Técnico
University of Lisbon, Portugal

• The Technical Visit is focused on the Vasco da Gama Bridge, one of the most relevant infrastructures built in the Lisbon area in the past years, with structural concrete as its main material.

• A keynote lecture will be held by Julio Appleton, addressing the monitoring, inspection and maintenance works carried out in Vasco da Gama Bridge since 1998.

The fib Symposium 2021 includes activities organized by and for young engineers. The fib Young Member’s Group was established in Madrid in 2017 and, since then, fib Symposia have included YMG sessions and social activities that gather young professionals and students spread across the globe. The Symposium in Lisbon is no exception, with social activities, discussions and networking planned by the YMG and open for any interested young engineer. Work meetings, in which future projects of the YMG will be planned, will also occur.

The agenda of the YMG activities will be announced soon.

Main Topics

Special Issues

The authors of the best papers submitted to the fib Lisbon Symposium 2021 will be invited to further elaborate these and to submit a manuscript for possible publication in Structural Concrete, journal of the fib, or in a Special Issue of Materials, MDPI.

Structural Concrete, Journal of the fib, Wiley

A future issue of Structural Concrete will include a Special Theme dedicated to the fib Lisbon Symposium 2021.

The Special Theme will cover project papers, as well as research papers on structural topics: trend-setting projects, structural behaviour of new on-site and precast solutions; and advanced methods and innovative approaches in analysis and design .  

The best 10 papers in each category (project and research papers) will be selected and the authors will be invited to further develop the original manuscripts and to submit them for possible publication in Structural Concrete.

All information can be consulted here.

Materials, mdpi

A Special Issue “Structural Concrete Material: New Trends for Eco-Efficiency and Performance” will be launched in the scope of fib Lisbon Symposium 2021.

It will cover the latest developments and new challenges in the following main domains: sustainable cementitious-based materials and alternative binders, including geopolymers, waste cements, alkali-activated cements, modified clinkers, and other emerging low-carbon cements; concrete durability and extended lifetime; advanced materials and special concretes; materials characterization.

The scope of this Special Issue will include outstanding research based on the best papers submitted to the fib Lisbon Symposium 2021 addressing the topic of structural concrete material: new trends for eco-efficiency and performance.

All information can be consulted here.

Submission

The abstract should be less than 300 words and related to the Theme and Topics of the Symposium, and the submission is now closed.

The full paper shall be written in compliance with the template provided. Authors should submit their papers in the authors area at EasyChair.

Templates for full paper and presentation can be downloaded at EasyChair or bellow:

Deadlines
Submission of abstracts – CLOSED *
Notification of abstract acceptance – 30th January 2021
Submission of full paper – 28th February 2021
Notification of paper acceptance – 31st March 2021

* new submissions may eventually be accepted; please send request to info@fiblisbon2021.pt up to Feb 1st, 2021.

Note:
1 – Abstracts and papers are written in English.
2 – Each registered author can submit up to two papers.

A total of 383 abstracts were submitted, which were distributed in the topics of the Symposium as follows:

Awards

Entries for the 2021 Achievement Award for Young Engineers (AAYE) are now closed

The award includes a €2,000 prize and an invitation to our fib Symposium 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal.

The award is given in two categories in the field of structural concrete: the Design & Construction category and the Research category. All details can be found here.

The call for entries and the entry form are both available online. Please contact the fib Secretariat if you have any questions.

Research category

in honour of Júlio Ferry Borges

Design & Construction category

in honour of Edgar Cardoso

Students’ Competition

The fib Symposium 2021 embraces a students’ competition within the spirit of the event: eco-efficiency and performance. Thus, the competition will be devoted to the ‘Prediction of the behaviour of reinforced recycled aggregates concrete (RAC) beams’.

Further details, rules and schedule can be found here.

Chronogram

• Reception of the registration forms: CLOSED
• Confirmation of registration acceptance: CONCLUDED – list of teams below
• Production of the two beams and concrete specimens: 8-19 of February 2021
• Announcement of detailed information about the beams: 15th March 2021
• Publication of the remaining details about the beams: 1st May 2021
• Delivery of report-paper and the presentation up to 9th May 2021
• Test of the beams: 10-21 of May 2021
• Announcement of the winners: 16th June 2021

Flyer for Students’ Competition:

Teams

Sponsors & Partners

Sponsorship Opportunities

The fib Lisbon Symposium 2021 offers an extraordinary opportunity for companies to promote their projects, products and services, since it will gather together contractors, designers, researchers and other professionals from all over the world to discuss the latest developments in the structural concrete industry.

Participating in the symposium will be an excellent opportunity to expand your network and, as an exhibitor, you will be able to stage your company as a prominent world-class brand at the symposium’s website.

Sponsorship possibilities and solutions are presented on the right-hand table. Further information and requirements can be found in the Technical Exhibition Guide.

For Sponsorship registration, please send the completed the Sponsorship & Exhibition form to info@fiblisbon2021.pt.

* sessions within the sponsors’ core business
** static slide with logos

Cocktail Reception

The Cocktail Reception of the fib Symposium 2021, on the 14th of June, will be presented soon.

Musical event

The Musical Event of the fib Symposium 2021, on the 15th of June, will be presented soon.