Archived news articles of Concrete Materials & Structural Integrity Research Unit can be found here.

September 2025

CoMSIRU students bid farewell to visiting intern from France - Fri, 09/26/2025 - 10:16
The Future of Construction in Africa 2025 - Sat, 09/20/2025 - 10:08
CoMSIRU at the 79th RILEM Annual Week & ICONS 2025 in Hanoi, Vietnam - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:51

September 2024

CoMSIRU Field Trip to Steenbras dam and pump station - Wed, 09/25/2024 - 09:25
Prof. Hans Beushausen confirmed as President-Elect of RILEM - Wed, 09/11/2024 - 09:58

July 2024

CoMSIRU at the Net-Zero Future 2024 Conference in Oslo, Norway - Wed, 07/03/2024 - 16:37

May 2024

CoMSIRU academics attend Innovandi GCCRN annual gathering - Sun, 05/12/2024 - 15:15

March 2024

Concrete Expert Forum: Rethinking the Concrete of the 21st Century - Fri, 03/29/2024 - 05:59
Stanford - Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings - Tue, 03/19/2024 - 13:00
CoMSIRU talks service life design of reinforced structures - Thu, 03/07/2024 - 13:00

February 2024

CoMSIRU well represented in the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) - Wed, 02/28/2024 - 13:00
CoMSIRU shares enlightening perspectives about high-strength concrete - Thu, 02/15/2024 - 13:00

December 2023

Net-Zero Future 2024 Conference - Call for papers - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 23:51
Being Green podcast feature: Decarbonizing concrete - Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:02

September 2023

Improving material efficiency by decarbonizing concrete production: Insights - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 02:54

August 2023

CoMSIRU's very own Carnegie PhD fellowship recipient - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 12:58
CoMSIRU researchers win best paper award - Thu, 08/10/2023 - 23:17

July 2023

YCRETS Symposium 2023 - Tue, 07/04/2023 - 12:13

June 2023

CoMSIRU graduate scoops prestigious Swiss Govt. Excellence scholarship - Tue, 06/13/2023 - 00:34

March 2023

ICCRRR 2024 announcement - Sun, 03/19/2023 - 19:44
Strengthening collaboration between UCT, WITS and IIT Madras - Fri, 03/03/2023 - 20:23

December 2022

CoMSIRU graduations, December 2022 - Thu, 12/15/2022 - 08:00

October 2022

6th International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting - Wed, 10/12/2022 - 08:00

June 2021

CoMSIRU assists high school students with Young Scientists project - Tue, 06/15/2021 - 10:15

November 2020

Season's greetings - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 15:45
UCT and India's IITM to collaborate in civil engineering - Sun, 11/15/2020 - 08:15

October 2020

CoMSIRU provides video lectures for Europe's concrete industry - Mon, 10/26/2020 - 16:15
RILEM youth community to be formed - Fri, 10/09/2020 - 10:45

September 2020

CoMSIRU scores twice for Innovandi Partner Projects - Tue, 09/15/2020 - 13:45

June 2020

CoMSIRU – the first ones back on campus after lockdown! - Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:45

November 2019

Expert briefing on limestone calcined clay cements – new downloads! - Thu, 11/21/2019 - 16:45

October 2019

Announcement: Don't miss - Tue, 10/08/2019 - 14:00

September 2019

CoMSIRU research spotlights potential for a greener construction industry - Thu, 09/05/2019 - 10:15

April 2019

Set in stone – celebrating 50 years of promoting excellence and innovation - Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:00

March 2019

Team UG scores at annual match - Mon, 03/25/2019 - 14:00

February 2019

CoMSIRU joins Africa’s experts in engineering education and research - Tue, 02/12/2019 - 10:00

November 2018

And it’s holiday time! - Fri, 11/30/2018 - 09:00
CoMSIRU hosts international think tank on concrete repair - Fri, 11/23/2018 - 09:00

September 2018

Taking local research to the global stage: Alice Titus Bakera at RILEM Week 2018 - Fri, 09/07/2018 - 09:00

May 2018

CoMSIRU students score not one but two RILEM scholarships – and they are off to Delft to present their work - Mon, 05/21/2018 - 09:00

March 2018

Professional status for Brian Abala (MSc) – Congratulations! - Fri, 03/16/2018 - 15:15

November 2017

ISO 9001 certification for CoMSIRU’s laboratories - Wed, 11/29/2017 - 10:00
Great read: Designing concrete for optimal performance - Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:45

September 2017

UCT joins global rail discussions at IHHA 2017 - Tue, 09/05/2017 - 09:00

November 2016

CoMSIRU team at the fib 2016 Symposium - Mon, 11/28/2016 - 11:00

July 2016

Musings of a professor - Mon, 07/25/2016 - 15:00
CoMSIRU Student Retreat 2016 - Mon, 07/25/2016 - 09:00

September 2015

CoMSIRU Student Retreat 2015 - Mon, 09/21/2015 - 09:30
CoMSIRU Annual Panel Meeting 2015 - Mon, 09/21/2015 - 07:30
Service life prediction models for reinforced concrete in the South African context - Thu, 09/10/2015 - 11:00