Self-compacting concrete, requiring no consolidation work to the structure, was first proposed in 1986 as a means to achieve durable concrete structures. After the successful development of its prototype in 1988, intensive studies on self-compacting concrete have been carried out by researchers from academic circles, general contractors and material makers in Japan and its use in actual structures has gradually been increasing. The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, the world longest suspension bridge with a main span of 1,991m, opened in April 1998, uses self-compacting concrete for its two anchorages.

In order for self-compacting concrete to be widely used and accepted as the standard concrete rather than a special concrete, it is necessary that an international network on self-compacting concrete be established. The aim of the network is to promote information exchange and research activities on self-compacting concrete which is an innovative construction material toward the 21st century.

This international workshop, to be held at Kochi University of Technology, Kochi, Japan, is the first attempt to pull together researchers as well as practical engineers in the field of concrete in order to establish the aforementioned network.

• 30 June
  Deadline for early registration
• 8 August
  Complete papers to reach the Secretariat
• 23 August
  Final acceptance of papers
• 23-26 August
  Workshop

Sunday 23 August

• 10:00 - 17:30 Bus from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to KUT (optional: reservation is necessary)
  Meet in front of Kansai Airport Information Counter (Central Arrival Lobby, 1st Floor) between 9:30 and 10:00 - Leave KIX at 10:00 - stopover at Osaka Gas LNG tank (world's largest LNG tank using SCC) - Seto Ohashi Bridge - Arrive at KUT at 17:30
• 16:00 - 18:00 Registration & Dormitory's Check-in
• 18:00 - 19:00 Welcome Reception at KUT cafeteria
• 19:00 - 20:30 Supper (for participants residing on campus only)
• 20:30 - 23:00 Free Discussion at KUT seminar room

Monday 24 August

• 8:30 - 17:30 Registration
• 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (for participants residing on campus only)
• 9:00 - 9:30 Opening Session
  • Taketo Uomoto, Chairman of Local Organizing Committee
  • Hajime Okamura, Chairman of International Steering Comittee
  • Daijiro Hashimoto, Governor of Kochi Prefecture
  • Yasuharu Suematsu, President of KUT
• 9:40 - 12:10 Technical Session : Current Conditions of SCC in Each Country
  • History of Development in Japan by Masahiro Ouchi (Kochi University of Technology)
    
    Invited Lectures
    
  • The Use of Self-Compacting Concrete in Canada by Pierre C. Aitcin (University of Sherbrooke)
  • Self-Compacting Concrete in Korea by Keun-Joo Byun (Yonsei University)
  • Flowable Steel Fiber Reinforced High-Performance Concrete at High Temperatures by Jenn-Chuan Chern (National Taiwan University)
  • Preliminary Investigation into Self-Compacting Engineered Cementitious Composite by Victor C. Li (University of Michigan)
  • The Trend in Denmark towards Self-compacting Concrete by Elvin Poulsen (AEC Consulting Engineers, Ltd)
  • Research and Application of Self-Compacting Concrete in Sweden by Ake Skarendahl (Swedish Cement & Concrete Institute)
  • Design and Construction of Self-Compacting Concrete in Thailand by Somnuk Tangtermsirikul (Thammasat University)
  • Self-Compacting Concrete: First Experience in the Netherlands by Joost C. Walraven (Delft University of Technology)
• 12:10 - 13:30 Lunch & Currency Exchange
• 13:30 - 14:50 Technical Session : Self-Compactability Evaluation
  • State-of-the-Art Report by Takafumi Noguchi (University of Tokyo) & Masahiro Ouchi (Kochi University of Technology)
  • An Appraisal of Orimet Test by Peter J. M. Bartos (University of Paisley)
  • Self-Compacting Concrete - A Rheological Approach by O. H. Willevik (Icelandic Building Research Institute)
  • Discussion
• 14:50 - 15:10 Coffee Break
• 15:10 - 17:30 Technical Session : Materials & Design
  • State-of-the-Art Report by Toyoharu Nawa (Hokkaido University), Tatsuo Izumi (Kao Corporation) & Yoshinobu Edamatsu (Sumitomo-Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.)
  • Characterization of Powder for Self-Compacting Concrete by Atsushi Maeyama (Nagaoka University of Technology)
  • The Effects of Beta-Naphthalene Sulfonate Type and Polycarboxylate Type Superplasticizers on the Fluidity of Belite-Rich Cement Concrete by Kazuo Yamada (Chichibu Onoda Cement Corp.)
  • Basic Properties of Biopolymers for Self-Compacting Concrete by Alain Phyfferoen (Monsanto Company)
  • Study on Self-Compacting Concrete with Expansive Agent by Akihiro Hori (Denki-Kagaku Kogyo)
  • Investigation on the Shrinkage of Self-Compacting Concrete for Building Construction by Chong Hu (Lafarge Laboratorie Central de Recherche)
  • Concept of Super Quality Concrete, its' Properties and Structural Performance by Makoto Kito (The Association for the Developement & Propergation of Super Quality Concrete Structures)
  • Discussion
• 17:30 - 18:30 KUT Campus Tour
• 19:00 - 20:30 Supper (for participants residing on campus only)
• 20:30 - 23:00 Free Discussion at KUT seminar room

Tuesday 25 August

• 8:30 - 17:30 Registration
• 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (for participants residing on campus only)
• 9:00 - 10:00 Invited Lectures
  • Mass Concrete in Honshu-Shikoku Brifge Projects by Satoshi Kashima (Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority)
  • Construction of Prestressed Concrete Outer Tank for LNG Storage Using High-Strength Self-Compacting Concrete by Hachiro Kitamura (Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.)
• 10:00 - 10:10 Coffee Break
• 10:10 - 12:00 Technical Session : Construction
  • State-of-the-Art Report by Itoshi Izumi (Takenaka Corporation) & Takefumi Shindo (Taisei Corporation)
  • Applications of Self-Compacting Concrete for Bridge Castings by Orjan Petersson (Swedish Cement and Concrete Research Institute)
  • Pouring Works of High Fluidity Concrete for Immersed Tunnel by Steel-concrete Composite Structure by Tatsuyuki Shishido (Ministry of Transportation)
  • Comparative Study on Pouring Work in Self-Compacting Concrete Based on Prototype Model of Sandwich Composite Structure by Hideki Takahashi (Nishimatsu Construction)
  • Discussion
• 12:00 - 13:20 Lunch
• 13:20 - 14:30 Technical Session : Manufacturing & Concrete Products
  • State-of-the-Art Report on Manufacturing by Masanori Higuchi (Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd.)
  • Influence of Mixing Efficiency on the Fresh Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete by Kazunori Takada (Kajima Corporation)
  • State-of-the-Art Report on Concrete Products by Yoshiki Uno (Sato Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
  • Discussion
• 14:30 - 14:50 Coffee Break
• 14:50 - 16:40 Technical Session : Recommendations & Manuals
  • Architechtural Institute of Japan by Mitsutaka Hayakawa (Taisei Corporation)
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers by Koji Sakai (Kagawa University)
  • National Ready-Mixed Concrete Industry Association by Kazumasa Ozawa (Ministry of Construction)
  • Discussion
• 17:30 Buses leave from east entrance of KUT for the party venue
• 18:00 - 20:00 Workshop Party at Grace Hama-sushi
• 21:00 - 23:00 Free Discussion at KUT seminar room

Wednesday 26 August

• 8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (for participants residing on campus only)
• 9:15-13:00 Technical Visit (optional : reservation is necessary)
  Bus leave from the east entrance of KUT at 9:15 - Demonstartion of SCC at ready-mixed concrete plant "Chubu-Namakon" (9:30-11:30) - Lunch - arrive at Kochi Airport at 12:40 - arrive at KUT at 13:00
• 12:40-18:00 Sightseeing Trip (optional : reservation is necessary)
  Bus leave from Kochi Airport at 12:40 (continued from technical visit) - Chikurinji Temple - Katsurahama Beach - Kochi Castle - Arrive at Kochi Airport at 17:30 - Arrive at KUT at 18:00
• 18:00 - 20:00 Supper (for participants residing on campus only)
• 20:30 - 23:00 Free Discussion at KUT seminar room

Thursday 27 August

• 7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast (for participants residing on campus only)
• 9:00 - 17:50 Bus from KUT to KIX (optional: reservation is necessary)
  Leave KUT at 9:00 - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (world's longest suspension bridge) & Exhibition - Maiko Station (Kobe city) 15:05 - Shin Osaka Station (Shinkansen, Osaka Suburban Train & Subway) 16:20 - KIX 17:50 (Arrival times at each destination cannot be guaranteed due to traffic conditions)

Special lectures on the current situation of self-compacting concrete research and construction in the lecturers' countries will be given by

• Prof P.C. Aitcin University of Sherbrooke, Canada
• Prof K.J. Byun Yonsei University, Korea
• Prof J.C. Chern National Taiwan University, ROC
• Dr S. Kashima Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, Japan
• Mr H. Kitamura Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., Japan
• Prof V. C. Li University of Michigan, USA
• Prof E. Poulsen AEC Consulting Engineers, Ltd, Denmark
• Dr A. Skarendahl Swedish Cement & Concrete Institute, Sweden
• Dr S. Tangtermsirikul Thammasat University, Thailand
• Prof J.C. Walraven Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Chairman

• H. Okamura Japan

Members

• P.C. Aitcin Canada
• K.J. Byun Korea
• J.C. Chern R.O.C.
• V.C. Li U.S.A.
• B.H.Oh Korea
• E. Poulsen Denmark
• A. Skarendahl Sweden
• R.N. Swamy U.K.
• S. Tangtermsirikul Thailand
• F. Tomosawa Japan
• T. Uomoto Japan
• J.C. Walraven Netherlands
• P. Zia U.S.A.

Chairman

• T. Uomoto University of Tokyo

Advisory

• S. Kashima Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority
• K. Koseki Kajima Corporation
• Y. Matsuoka Taisei Corporation
• K. Maruyama Nagaoka University of Technology
• H. Mori Nagoya University
• S. Nakata Kochi University of Technology
• T. Noguchi University of Tokyo
• S. Ono Shimizu Corporation
• K. Ozawa Ministry of Construction
• H. Shima Kochi University of Technology
• T. Ueda Hokkaido University
• K. Ukaji Obayashi Corporation
• H. Umehara Nagoya Institute of Technology
• K. Yamada Maeda Corporation

Secretary

• M. Ouchi Kochi University of Technology

Chairman

• K. Ozawa Ministry of Construction

Secretary

• M. Ouchi Kochi University of Technology

Members

• R. Chikamatsu Obayashi Corporation
• S. Date Ishikawajima Construction Materials Co., Ltd.
• Y. Edamatsu Sunitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
• C. Hashimoto Tokushima University
• M. Hibino University of Tokyo
• M. Higuchi Mitsui Construction, Co. Ltd.
• T. Kumano Shimizu Corporation
• H. Mizuguchi Tokushima University
• T. Midorikawa Fukushima National College of Technology
• N. Nagamoto Sumitomo Construction Co., Ltd.
• Y. Nakajima Maeda Corporation
• N. Nishida Nishimatsu Construction, Co., Ltd.
• N. Sakata Kajima Corporation
• F. Sato Maeda Corporation
• K. Seto Kajima Corporation
• T. Shindo Taisei Corporation
• T. Sugamata NMB Co., Ltd.
• H. Taniguchi Aoki Corporation
• Y. Uno Sato Kogyo Co. Ltd.
• S. Yamaguchi Takemoto Oil & Fat Co., Ltd.
• H. Yamamuro Kao Corporation

• By Air
  There are 7 daily flights to Kochi (KCZ) from Tokyo's Haneda airport (HND), 10 from Osaka's Itami airport (ITM), and one each from Osaka's Kansai International airport (KIX), Sapporo (SPK), Nagoya (NGO), Fukuoka (FUK) and Miyazaki (KMI).
  There is no direct public transport between Kochi airport and KUT. Taxi are available (20 minutes, 3,000-3,500 yen). However, bus services are available between Kochi airport and Kochi city (35 minutes, 700 yen).
   
• By Rail
  The nearest railway station to KUT is Tosa-yamada, JR Dosan-Line, 4 km from KUT. Limited Express Train "Nampu" runs between Tosa-yamada and Shinkansen's Okayama station 8 times a day and takes about 2.5 hours. Public bus service between Tosa-yamada station and KUT operates approximately every hour and takes 15 minutes. Taxi are also available:1,500 yen & 10 minutes.
   
• By Chartered bus (Reservation is necessary)
  • 23 August from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to KUT : 5,000 yen
    Please meet in front of the Kansai Airport Information Counter (Central Arrival Lobby, 1st Floor) between 9:30 and 10:00 a.m. A bus guide with a banner "International Workshop on Self-compacting Concrete" will be there to welcome you. (For information on KIX please visit website http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/).
    The bus will leave KIX at 10:00 - stopover at Osaka Gas LNG tank (world's largest LNG tank using SCC) - Lunch - Seto Ohashi Bridge - arrive at KUT at 17:30.
  • 27 August from KUT to KIX : 6,000 yen
    Leave KUT at 9:00 a.m. - Lunch on the bus - Akashi Kaikyo Bridge (world's longest suspension bridge) - Maiko Station (15km west to central Kobe) at 15:05* - Shin Osaka Station (shinkansen, Osaka suburban train and subway) at 16:20* - KIX at 17:50*.
    *Arrival times at each destination cannot be guranteed due to traffic conditions.
    Please note that the departing time is 1 hour earlier and the arrival time is 50 minutes later than previously announced. This is due to the change in the Exhibition and Lunch schedule.
     
• By Public bus
  Public bus services to Kochi city (not to KUT) are available from Tokyo (night bus only), Nagoya (night only), Osaka (day and night), Fukuoka (night only), Okayama (day only) and Takamatsu (day only).
   
• Flight Information

• Map around KUT
  KUT is located in Tosa-yamada town, 20 km east of Kochi city, the capital city of Kochi Prefecture. The nearest railway station to KUT is Tosa-yamada station, JR Dosan Line: 4 km. The nearest airport is Kochi airport (KCZ): 9 km.

15 minutes, 300 yen by public bus. 10 minutes, 1,500 yen by taxi. 40 minutes, 5,000 to 5,500 yen by taxi. 50 minutes, 890 yen by public bus (from Harimayabashi). 20 minutes, 3,000 to 3,500 yen by taxi.

Bed, desk, refrigerator, airconditioner, TV, video player (NTSC), two hangers, bath and toilet are available in each room. However, since it is not a hotel room only one face towel, soap and toilet paper are provided. Please bring with you other necessary items, e.g. toothbrush, bath towel, slippers, etc. These items may be purchased at KUT campus shop from 10:00 a.m. to 15:00 on weekdays.
The telephone in the room is available for contact inside the campus. Domestic and international telephone calls can be made from public telephone booths at some locations on the campus.
Please note that being the student dormitories, NO SMOKING NOR DRINKING (alcohol) is allowed in the dormitory buildings.

Kochi University of Technology (KUT), a university of partnership, enrolled its first students in 1997. KUT objective is to be a center of flexible education and research where students can develop an attitude that spontaneously responds to the challenge of problems. There are 5 interdisciplinary departments aimed at creating a systems engineering that serves human, social and environment concerns.
KUT is 9 km away from Kochi airport and 20 km from Kochi city. Its spacious campus houses the most up-to-date teaching and learning facilities, a 600-seat auditorium and two 15-story fully furnished dormitories for over 200 students.

• KUT map
  There are two entrances for taxi. If you plan to check-in dormitory first, please tell the taxi driver "KOCHI KOKADAI dormitory" (KOCHI KOKADAI = Kochi University of Technology) or point to in the map below. If you are going to the auditorium or cafeteria directly, please tell the taxi driver "KOCHI KOKADAI HIGASHIMON" (HIGASHIMON = east entrance) or point to .
  25 August 17:30 buses leave from east entrance of KUT for the party venue.

ISC Secretariat

Masahiro Ouchi
Dept of Infrastructure Systems Engineering
Kochi University of Technology
Tosa-yamada
Kochi, 782-8502, JAPAN

TEL +81 8875 7 2411
FAX +81 8875 7 2420
E-mail isc@infra.kochi-tech.ac.jp
URL http://www.kochi-tech.ac.jp/infra/isc/