CoMSIRU scores twice for Innovandi Partner Projects

The Innovandi Kick-Off Week was held online in June 2020, where the various partners presented their project proposals. CoMSIRU was the only academic partner to receive approval for not one, but two partner projects. Both Emer. Professor Mark Alexander and Professor Hans Beushausen have been awarded to lead a unique research project.

Research Project: Combining performance-based carbonation and reinforcement corrosion rate models for service life prediction of RC structures. Competencies developed: Knowledge of concrete performance based design, material property optimization, testing of durability properties, durability modelling and service life design. Novelty: This study uses a performance-based approach to predict both reinforcement corrosion initiation and propagation in concrete structures.

Research Project 2: Enhancing the Properties of Fine Recycled Aggregate Concrete. Competencies developed: Knowledge of concrete mix design, material property optimization, testing of mechanical, physical and durability properties, durability modelling. Novelty: This study uses a performance-based approach to improve the properties of FRA in order to optimize its performance in concrete production.

CoMSIRU was invited to become a scientific member of Innovandi in 2019 and to participate in their Innovandi Partner Projects. Innovandi, the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), is an industry-led consortium of 30 companies and 40 scientific institutions that draws together the cement and concrete industry and academic institutions to stimulate innovative and actionable research worldwide. Innovandi's scientific members are the leading research entities for cement and concrete globally, and therefore being part of this network is very prestigious.