Jan., 2007, ECC Recognized by Architectural Records and Popular Mechanics
ECC named one of five 2006 winners by Architectural Records in the Concrete and Masonry category. This is their 34th annual review of "the year’s most interesting and innovative new building products available to architects, designers, and specifiers." See more (link1and link2))
ECC elected by the Editors of the Magazine of Popular Mechanics as one of "10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2007". See more
Dec. 5-7, 2006 A Professional Development Course on ECC was Held at UM
A professional development course on ECC Technology was held at University of Michigan campus by Professor Victor Li on Dec 5-7, 2006. For details please refer to Center for Professional Development website, For photos, please click here
Oct., 2005 ECC Link Slab Demonstration Project
The first infrastructure demonstration project of ECC material in the US was completed in October, see more------
Sept., 2005
First use of ECC technology in tall buildings. Press release by Kajima Corporation on September 29, 2005. See more in details.
Aug., 2005 A special session on ECC technology applications was organized at the ConMat 2005 conference, August 22-24, 2005 http://www.civil.ubc.ca/conmat05/. Presentations and papers related to ECC can be found at http://www.engineeredcomposites.com/html/publication_p4.html. Additional information may be obtained from Professor Gregor Fischer at fischer@eng.hawaii.edu.
2005-2007 ECC technology was exposed to extensive media coverage and major trade magazines
Major links are as follows
May, 2005 An HPFRCC workshop was successfully held in Hawaii
For additional information or if wish your name to be placed on the mailing list, please contact Professor G. Fischer, University of Hawaii, at fischer@eng.hawaii.edu. More on this workshop can be found at http://www.hpfrcc-workshop.org/, where papers and presentations can be downloaded.
Mar., 2005 ICF 11 was held in Turin, Italy
This conference was organized by Alberto Carpinteri. Presentations and papers related to ECC can be found in Publications folder of this website.
Dec., 2004 the Bihara bridge in Hokkaido in Japan was completed.
This bridge employs a steel/PVA-ECC composite bridge deck. Progress of the construction process which started in April, 2004 can be found on the following web-site http://nissei-kensetsu.co.jp/bihara.html
