CCC 2008

CCC 2008 - „CONCRETE ENGINEERING IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT“

The four founding countries – Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic and Hungary – decided in 2004 to collaborate more closely and to launch as their first joint project the Central Eurpean Congresses on COncrete Engineering (CCC Congresses) as a forum for an annual cross-border exchange of experience among principals, authorities, contractors, design engineers and academics in the field of construction materials and technology, concrete structures and civil engineering, as well as applied research and development. The 1st CCC Congress in Graz (Austria) 2005 was devoted to the Fibre Reinforced Concrete in Practice; the 2nd Congress in Hradec Kralove (Czech Republic) 2006 had the main topic Concrete Structures for Traffic Network; the 3rd Congress in Visegrád (Hungary) 2007 focused on Innovative Materials and Technologies for Concrete Structures. The 4th Congress in Opatija (Croatia) will deal with Concrete Engineering in Urban Development.

CONGRESS TOPICS

The topics of the Symposium include, but are not limited to, all aspects of durability of structures from conceptual stage to design, construction, operation and maintenance phases:

1. Project Development and Financing – feasibility and planning, risk estimation, structural concept and operation purpose, functional assessment, cost estimates, environmental circumstances, local conditions, financing: public and private
2. Traffic Structures – bridges, ramps, tunnels, subways, viaducts, flyovers, pedestrian pasarellas, garages.
3. Water and Environment – sewers, water supplying systems, dams.
4. Residential and Office Buildings – hotels, offices, buildings, shopping centres, residential buildings.
5. Architectural Shapes in Urbanistic Views – urban development and shaping, architectural development of small , medium and big urban areas

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

J. Radić (Chair) ( Croatia )
A. Mihanović ( Croatia )
Z. Sorić ( Croatia )
K. Bergmeister ( Austria )
J. Kollegger ( Austria )
L. Sparowitz ( Austria )
G. Balasz ( Hungary )
G. Kolozsi ( Hungary )
Z. Kovacs ( Hungary )
M. Kalny ( Czech Republic )
P. Štepanek ( Czech Republic )
J. Vitek ( Czech Republic )
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
D.Kolić (Chair) ( Croatia )
D.Živni ( Croatia )
T.Trputac ( Croatia )
A.Kindij ( Croatia )
A. Mandić ( Croatia )
J. Bleiziffer ( Croatia )
M. Kušter ( Croatia )
M. Pauser ( Austria )
V. Šruma ( Czech Republic)
L. Dancs ( Hungary )

CALL FOR PAPERS

HDGK is inviting individuals wishing to make a contribution in the form of an article to submit an abstract in accordance with the topics of the Symposium. The Scientific Committee will accept articles of interested participants that belong to described topics and have required scientific and professional level.
Submission of abstracts before: January 15th, 2008
Acceptance of abstracts: April 15th, 2008
Submission of full papers: June 15th, 2008
The official language of the Symposium is English. Oral presentation and discussion will be held in English only. All attendees must be prepared to participate in discussions in English.
All accepted papers will be published in Symposium Proceedings that will be prepared and distributed to the participants at the beginning of the Symposium.

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

In order to reach required technical level of submissions, all participants are asked to follow guidelines for the preparation of abstracts for papers mentioned below.
The abstracts should be written in English and of length between 200 to 300 words. Following information must be given on the top of the abstract:
• 4.CCC Symposium «Concrete Engineering in Urban Development», Opatija 2008, Croatia
• Full name and address of the author for correspondence purposes including e-mail address
• Title of the paper (maximum 60 characters)
• Specific topic (1 to 5 as above) to which the abstract is submitted
• Few keywords related to the article content
Abstracts should be submitted in «Word» format only and should not include any illustrations. The abstracts should be submitted by e-mail to the Symposium Secretariat before specified deadline to the e-mail address: 4ccc@grad.hr. The Symposium Secretariat will confirm the receipt of each received abstract.
Accepted abstracts should use the form of sample papers for the presentation in proceedings. Authors of accepted abstracts will receive guidelines for the preparation of papers with sample papers for the preparation of their own articles.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Symposium will be held in Opatija, in the hotel ”Ambasador”, from Thursday to Friday, October 2-3, 2008. The scientific part of the Symposium will take place in the hotel conference halls. Detailed Symposium schedule will be sent to participants at the beginning of July 2008.

CONGRESS SECRETARIAT