...Kolawole Adisa Olonade, RILEM member since 2013 and winner of the German-African Innovation Incentive Award in 2017, pioneers the use of cassava peel ash as supplementary cementitious materials? Dr Olonade is also member of TC 281-CCC "Carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials" and TC AMC "Use of Agro-based materials as cementitious additions in concrete and cement-based materials".

 

 

NEW ASSOCIATE EDITOR for RILEM Technical Letters
 
The editorial board of RILEMTechLett got strengthened with a new associate editor – Prof. Jean-Paul Balayssac, Laboratoire Matériaux et Durabilité des Constructions, Paul Sabatier University – Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse, France.
 
Prof Balayssac is not new to RILEM as he was Deputy-chair of the recently closed TC 249-ISC “Non destructive in situ strength assessment of concrete” and he authored several RILEM publications.
 
More info available here!

 

 

TIMBER BANNED FROM THE EXTERIOR OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
 
The controversial debate about concrete vs. timber, sustainable vs. unsustainable, has reached "The Guardian" with this article about the consequences of the Grenfell tragedy.

 

 

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