ICE Oman Learned Event
Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Re-bar byAniello Giamundi
Nehemiah Reinforced Earth by Adrian Anderson
Muscat 23rd May 2017
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Modern College of Business & Science (MCBS), Bowsher
Overview
1. GFRP Re-bar for Infrastructure & Construction
Civil engineering, environmental engineering and geotechnical engineering projects and jobs are becoming more and more complex and operate at very large scale and needs of new cost effective and environmental friendly solution are required.
Challenge and Opportunity - improving the sustainability of concrete resulting in cost savings and preserving precious resources such as fresh water and aggregates from river beds and inland mining.
Existing technical literature reports that salt from seawater has no significant negative effects on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete even when poor-quality aggregates are used mainly because alkali hydroxides (NaOH and KOH) are not present in seawater. The insurmountable obstacle to the acceptance and presence of sea-salt in concrete is that it the chlorides are the primary cause for the de-passivation of reinforcing steel bars and thus their corrosion resulting in the total degradation of the system.
Solution - Technology developed over the last two decades has demonstrated that composite bars made of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) can effectively and safely replace steel reinforcement for concrete when durability is of concern.
Safe utilization of seawater and salt-contaminated aggregates for a sustainable concrete production combined with GFRP reinforcement to construct durable and economical concrete structures.
2. Nehemiah Reinforced Earth
Infrastructure and Climate Change Mitigation: How to do a comparative carbon footprint analysis in construction projects – Case Study of Reinforced Earth compared to Reinforced Concrete
Overview of topic & key points
Due to the threat of climate change and the global consensus to act, there is an urgent need for civil engineers to move towards ‘carbon critical design’, where embodied carbon becomes a key design parameter. In infrastructure projects, this requires being able to quickly and easily make calculations as to alternative solutions and the associated carbon footprint. In this case study, the Reinforced Soil wall, whilst being approximately half the cost, was found to have only a quarter of the carbon footprint of the Reinforced Concrete alternative. This was primarily because the main material component of the RS wall is backfill material; for the RC viaduct it is reinforced concrete. Reinforced concrete has an embodied carbon value approximately 45 times greater than backfill material. The presentation will outline the principles of how the carbon footprint calculation was made using a UK government endorsed and freely available carbon foot printing tool. The presentation will outline the principles of how simple calculations can be made for other infrastructure projects to enable decisions that result in more cost effective and sustainable projects.
About the Speakers
1. Aniello Giamundi
Aniello A. Giamundi is long experienced General Manager of ATP srl and currently running the company with worldwide projects. He started at OMI in
New York-USA and later on worked at Neptco in Rhode Island. Upon his return to Italy, he participated in founding ATP and taken the role of General manager since 1995. He was graduated from University of Naples in Business Administration and member of several industrial associations, such as: FIB (Federation International de Beton), EPTA (European Pultrusion Technology
Association), ACMA (American Composites Manufacturers Association), SPI (Society of Plastic Industries), SPE (Society of Plastic Engineers), AICO (Associazione Italiana Compositi). Aniello (“Nello”) is married with 3 children and enjoys photography.
2. Adrian Anderson
Adrian Anderson is a chartered engineer, project developer and sustainable infrastructure strategist. He currently is completing a 3 year contract with 5 Oceans Environmental Services in Muscat where he has worked on a wide range of projects across Oman from Salalah to Mussandam and in between. Projects that he has advised on include the Nimr Reedbed, Duqm City Masterplan, OPWP 2021 Site Selection, Al Mouj Muscat, Port Sultan Qaboos Muttrah, and Sohar Freezone. He has experience of renewables and is following every major solar energy initiative in Oman and the region. Prior to Oman he was based in New Delhi where he was General Manager for a low carbon specialised contractor focusing on Reinforced Earth structures and building integrity into both structural design and business practice. He wrote and published a paper on this topic and presented it at 5 conferences. Prior to India, Adrian was leading infrastructure projects in the water sector in the UK for Mott Macdonald, Jacobs and Arup. He has a 1st class masters degree from the University of Bristol is keen to find solutions to the intertwined challenges of climate change, infrastructure requirements and human development.
The lecture will start promptly at 6.30pm
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Once again, thank you to our supporting organisation Oman Society of Engineers.
