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Activity of ACF Technical Committee 2 (TC2): Concrete practices and feasible measures for construction and design in hot weather conditions based on material characteristics

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ACF Technical Committee 2 (TC2), “Concrete practices and feasible measures for construction and design in hot weather conditions based on material characteristics”, was established in 2020 including members in Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India and Russia. This TC aims to survey the problems of concrete practices in Asian hot climate countries to comprehend the common practical issues and characteristics of initial defects and deterioration due to hot climate and then to find out the possible measures according to the technical level, cost and local materials in each country. Finally, it is expected that the TC activity would lead to the development of Asian Concrete Model Code.



First kick off meeting was carried out in February 2020 in person as well as internet participation and then only web meetings have been conducted due to COVID-19. Against difficultly to have a physical meeting, a survey on problems of concrete standards and specifications for concrete practicing in hot climate countries/regions has been in progress to collect the information in member countries. The survey results will be summarized as ACF report soon and the analysis on the survey would be submitted to an international journal as a technical report. In the symposium, the activity of TC will be introduced.