XIV DBMC “Durability of Building Materials and Components”, Ghent, 28-31 May 2017

Registration now open – Preliminary programme available

It is our honour to host the 14^th International Conference on the Durability of Building Materials and Components from 29^th to 31^st May 2017, in Ghent, Belgium.  This International Conference is the 14th Meeting of the well-known and prestigious DBMC Conferences that take place every 3 years. The intent of hosting these conferences is to bring together those concerned about durability of building materials and components and thus provide a forum for discussion of the most recent research and practice in this domain.

The draft programme is now available on the conference website www.dbmc2017.ugent.be. About 200 presentations are scheduled, grouped in sessions dealing with the different conference themes, and considering all construction materials:

• Durability of Materials, Systems and Components
• Building Physics and Durability
• Service Life Planning and Prediction Methodologies
• Building Pathology
• Asset and Maintenance Management
• Durability and Sustainable Construction
• Historical and Old Buildings

Registration is now open, through the conference website www.dbmc2017.ugent.be. Be sure to be part of this important event!

Prof. Geert De Schutter

Prof. Nele De Belie

Prof. Arnold Janssens

Co-chairs