• COM3: Existing concrete

    COM3: Existing Concrete Structures

  • COM3: Existing concrete

    COM3: Existing Concrete Structures

Motivation

The goal of Commission 3 (COM3) is to define appropriate and reliable procedures to establish the safety of existing structures and any associated requirements for interventions to extend the safe operation or working life of such structures.

Scope and objective of technical work

COM3 will deliver this through the preparation of comprehensive guidance for the assessment of existing concrete structures, providing complementary recommendations to those given in the fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010 (fib MC2010), which was prepared primarily for the design of new concrete structures. To that end, COM3 will produce documents supporting the development of fib Model Code 2020 (fib MC2020) to be used for the assessment of the present structural performance and the prediction and evaluation of future structural performance of existing concrete structures with or without damage and/or revised operational requirements, together with any associated interventions required to extend their service life. It is envisaged that the documents to be produced could include technical reports, reviews of the state-of-the-art and technical history/evolution, technical guidelines, specifications and recommendations. 

 

Matthews StuartCommission Chair
Alfred Strauss
Giuseppe ManciniDeputy Chair
Robby Caspeele

First name Last name Country Affiliation
Joost Walraven Netherlands Delft University of Technology
Miroslav Sykora Czech Republic Czech Technical University in Prague
Alfred Strauss Austria BOKU University
Raphael Steenbergen Netherlands TNO Structures and Safety
Giuseppe Mancini Italy Politecnico Torino
Gerrie Dieteren Netherlands TNO
David Fernández-Ordóñez Switzerland fib
Stuart Matthews United Kingdom Matthews Consulting
Sylvia Kessler Germany Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
José Campos e Matos Portugal University of Minho
Thomas Braml Germany Universität der Bundeswehr München
Tamon Ueda China Shenzhen University
Robby Caspeele Belgium Ghent University
Dario Coronelli Italy Politecnico di Milano
Agnieszka Bigaj-van Vliet Netherlands TNO - Buildings, Infrastructures and Maritime
Wouter Botte Belgium Ghent University
Takumi Shimomura Japan Nagaoka Univ. of Technology
Kamyab Zandi Canada Timezyx Inc
Maria Pina Limongelli Italy Politecnico di MIlano

  • TG3.1 - Reliability and safety evaluation: full-probabilistic and semi-probabilistic methods for existing structures

    fib Task Group 3.1 (TG3.1) focuses on the reliability and safety evaluation of existing structures and focuses on the development of risk and reliability target levels for assessment and retrofitting, the full-probabilistic modelling of the structural safety and semi-probabilistic assessment methods for existing structures.

    The TG aims to (i) resolve pending questions with respect to the full-probabilistic assessment and target safety levels for the assessment and retrofitting of existing structures, and (ii) support the risk and reliability related questions arising due to the developments in TG3.2, TG3.3 and TG3.4.

    Initially, attention will be given to developing a technical guideline for assigning target reliabilities and making a suitable risk differentiation for existing and monumental structures, considering both individuals and groups.


    Miroslav SykoraConvener
    Miroslav Sykora
    Raphaël SteenbergenCo-Convener
    Raphaël Steenbergen

    First name Last name Country Affiliation
    Dimitris Diamantidis Germany Fachhochschule Regensburg
    Diego Lorenzo Allaix Netherlands TNO Neitherlands
    Miguel Prieto Sweden RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
    Marcus Achenbach Germany LGA KdöR
    Max Hendriks Netherlands Delft University of Technology
    Giuseppe Mancini Italy Politecnico Torino
    Jan Cervenka Czech Republic Cervenka Consulting Ltd
    Alfred Strauss Austria BOKU University
    Miroslav Sykora Czech Republic Czech Technical University in Prague
    Raphael Steenbergen Netherlands TNO Structures and Safety
    David Fernández-Ordóñez Switzerland fib
    Peter Tanner Spain Cesma Ingenieros, SL
    José Campos e Matos Portugal University of Minho
    Paolo Castaldo Italy Politecnico di Torino
    Diego Gino Italy Politecnico di Torino
    Christian Glock Germany Technical University of Kaiserslautern
    Ramón Hingorani Spain Instituto Eduardo Torroja
    Carlos Paul Lara Sarache Spain Instituto Eduardo Torroja
    Luis Neves United Kingdom Nottingham University
    Wouter Botte Belgium Ghent University
    Filippo Sangiorgio Sweden COWI AB
    Lukas Novak Czech Republic Brno University of Technology
    Aurelio Muttoni Switzerland École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPF Lausanne)
    Mayer Melhem Australia Monash University
    Peter Kotes Slovakia University of Zilina
    João André Portugal Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering
    Dara McDonnell Australia Arup
    Robby Caspeele Belgium Ghent University
    Pierre van der Spuy South Africa Stellenbosch University
    Marcelo Melo Brazil Casagrande Engenharia
    Qianhui Yu China École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPF Lausanne)
    Giorgio Monti Italy Sapienza Università di Roma
    Oladimeji Olalusi South Africa University of Kwazulu-Natal

  • TG3.2 - Modeling of structural performance of existing concrete structures

    It is widely understood and accepted that existing concrete structures are different entities to contemporary new concrete structures. There are numerous flexibilities inherent to the process of the design of new concrete structures and in their construction. Existing structures are entities that can, in principle, be interrogated and assessed to establish their actual nature and condition. However, such processes have their difficulties and uncertainties and it is in fact often very difficult to interrogate an existing structure. These difficulties increase when an existing structure has experienced damage or deterioration. Accordingly, substantial and different uncertainties remain with respect to existing structures and these uncertainties need to be taken into account in the structural assessment process.


    Dario CoronelliConvener
    Dario Coronelli
    Kamyab ZandiCo-Convener
    Kamyab Zandi

    First name Last name Country Affiliation
    Max Hendriks Netherlands Delft University of Technology
    Daniel Dunkelberg Germany Pirlet & Partner Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh
    Beatrice Belletti Italy Univ. degli Studi di Parma - Engineering and Architecture
    Carmen Andrade Spain Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en l’Ènginyeria (CIMNE)
    Zila Rinaldi Italy University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
    Alfred Strauss Austria BOKU University
    Gerrie Dieteren Netherlands TNO
    Daia Zwicky Switzerland Univ. of Applied Sciences Fribourg
    Ane de Boer Netherlands Ane de Boer Consultancy
    Christis Chrysostomou Cyprus Cyprus University of Technology
    Stuart Matthews United Kingdom Matthews Consulting
    David Fernández-Ordóñez Switzerland fib
    Daniel Kuchma United States University of Illinois
    Yuguang Yang Netherlands TU Delft
    Francesco Tondolo Italy Politecnico di Torino
    Tamon Ueda China Shenzhen University
    Hikaru Nakamura Japan Nagoya University
    Dario Coronelli Italy Politecnico di Milano
    Marta Del Zoppo Italy University of Naples Federico II
    Camillo Nuti Italy Università degli Studi Roma Tre
    Kamyab Zandi Canada Timezyx Inc
    Giuseppe Di Nunzio Italy -
    Miguel Prieto Sweden RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
    Attila Vardai Hungary NYUGTAN Mernoki Szolgaltato Kft.
    Francesca Vecchi Italy University of Parma
    Eva Lantsoght Ecuador Universidad San Francisco de Quito
    Mohammad Mehdi Kashani United Kingdom University of Southampton
    Davide Lavorato Italy Università Roma Tre, Italia
    Isabel Martínez Sierra Spain Consejo Superior de Investig. Cientificas
    Hyunjin Ju Korea, Republic of Hankyong National University
    Kunal Kansara United Kingdom National Composites Centre UK (University of Bristol)
    Ivan Markovic Switzerland Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences / Ostschweizer Fachhochschule Rapperswil
    Elena Casprini Italy University
    Adriano Castagnone Italy -
    Lorenzo FRANCESCHINI Italy -
    Joost Walraven Netherlands Delft University of Technology
    Alberto Meda Italy University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
    Zanyar Mirzaei Switzerland Pini Gruppe AG
    Fabio di Carlo Italy University of Rome Tor Vergata
    Simone Ravasini Italy University of Parma
    Ignasi Fernandez Sweden -

  • TG3.3 - Existing Concrete Structures: Life Management, Testing and Structural Health Monitoring

    The Task Group 3.3 (TG 3.3) specifies and extends their focus in the framework of Non-Destructive-Testing (NDT) and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) required for the through-life management of existing concrete structures according to the following:

    • Concepts for extension of service life of reinforced concrete structures supported by NDT and SHM;
    • Specific testing/ specific monitoring; testing/ techniques combined with autonomous robotic systems (remote monitoring systems) or based on digital images as well as innovative self-monitoring materials (repair, strengthening);
    • Monitoring of site-specific load actions (e.g. traffic loads, etc.);
    • Data management for reinforced concrete structures using NDT/SHM: data reporting and data analysis of NDT/SHM applying AI;
    • Reliability assessment of NDT/SHM methods applied on reinforced concrete;
    • Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Twins (DT) for existing concrete structures as a decision-making tool using NDT/SHM data; implementation of SHM in BIM;
    • Decision-making on structural level to foster the transformation from periodic to predictive/preventive maintenance including the assessment on the environmental impact of the decision: How can NDT/SHM contribute to operate our infrastructure in the most sustainable way?
    • SHM guidelines for newly designed complex concrete structures concerning their exploitation phase, also including BIM and DT.

    Sylvia KesslerConvener
    Sylvia Kessler
    vCo-Convener
    Maria Pina Limongelli

    First name Last name Country Affiliation
    Gabriele Bertagnoli Italy Politecnico di Torino
    David Lehky Czech Republic Brno University of Technology
    Drahomir Novak Czech Republic Technical University of Brno
    Stefan Maas Luxembourg Université du Luxembourg
    Thomas Petraschek Austria OBB-Infrastruktur AG
    Mark Alexander Ahrens Germany Ruhr-Univ. Bochum
    Michael Hansen Germany Leibniz Universität Hannover
    Davide Lavorato Italy Università Roma Tre, Italia
    Geert Lombaert Belgium University of Leuven
    Marian Ralbosky Austria Austrian Research Institute
    Joost Gulikers Netherlands Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Infrastructure
    Giuseppe Mancini Italy Politecnico Torino
    Carmen Andrade Spain Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en l’Ènginyeria (CIMNE)
    Alberto Meda Italy University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
    Alfred Strauss Austria BOKU University
    Miroslav Sykora Czech Republic Czech Technical University in Prague
    Gerrie Dieteren Netherlands TNO
    Jonathon Dyson Australia BCRC
    Brett Pielstick United States Eisman & Russo
    Stuart Matthews United Kingdom Matthews Consulting
    David Fernández-Ordóñez Switzerland fib
    Sylvia Kessler Germany Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
    Peter Tanner Spain Cesma Ingenieros, SL
    José Campos e Matos Portugal University of Minho
    Giorgio Monti Italy Sapienza Università di Roma
    Francesco Tondolo Italy Politecnico di Torino
    Thomas Braml Germany Universität der Bundeswehr München
    Joan Casas Rius Spain Tech. Univ. of Catalunya, UPC-BarcelonaTech
    Marcin Górski Poland Silesian University of Technology
    Robby Caspeele Belgium Ghent University
    Eftychia Apostolidi Germany Technical University Darmstadt
    Chris Hendy United Kingdom Atkins
    Manfred Keuser Germany BUNG Ingenieure A
    Milan Holicky Czech Republic Czech Techn. Univ. of Prague - CVUT
    Camillo Nuti Italy Università degli Studi Roma Tre
    Marcus Hoffmann Austria Transport Infrastructure Asset Management
    Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga France Universite de Nantes
    Tamon Ueda China Shenzhen University
    Florian Zimmert Germany Bundeswehr University Munich
    Frédéric Duprat France INSA Toulouse
    A. Emin Aktan United States Drexel University
    Jan Bien Poland Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
    Véronique Bouteiller France University Gustave Eiffel
    Necati Catbas United States University of Central Florida
    Mehmet Celebi United States USGS
    Eleni Chatzi Switzerland ETH Zurich
    Wojciech De Roeck Belgium KU Leuven
    Ivan Duvnjak Croatia University of Zagreb
    Lennart Elfgren Sweden Luleå University of Technology
    Bruno Godart France -
    Maria Pina Limongelli Italy Politecnico di MIlano
    Franklin Moon United States Rutgers School of Engineering
    Luis Oliveira Santos Portugal LNEC
    Miguel Prieto Sweden RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
    Muhammad Imran Rafiq United Kingdom University of Brighton
    Peter Rosko Austria Technical University of Vienna
    Franziska Schmidt France IFSTTAR
    Sebastian Thöns Germany BAM Federal Inst. for Mat. Research & Testing
    Roberto Torrent Switzerland Quali- Ti-Mat Sagl
    Jorge Ley Urzaiz Spain INTEMAC
    Daniele Zonta Italy University of Trento
    Marko Bartolac Croatia University of Zagreb
    Ruiz De Azua Spain Kinesia Structural Monitoring
    Elsa Eustáquio Portugal Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil
    Stefan Küttenbaum Germany Universität der Bundeswehr München
    Stefan Maack Germany Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung
    Lisa Ptacek (Mold) Austria Universität für Bodenkultur
    Jiazeng Shan China Tongji University
    Helmut Wenzel Austria VCE
    Volkmar Zabel Germany Bauhaus University Weimar
    Konrad Bergmeister Austria Univ. Bodenkultur
    Giovanni Volpatti Switzerland -
    Diogo Ribeiro Portugal University of Porto
    Muhammed Basheer United Kingdom University of Leeds
    Alois Vorwagner Austria -
    Mieszko Kużawa Poland -
    Adriano Castagnone Italy -
    Els Verstrynge Belgium EKU Leuven
    Hélder Manuel Silva Sousa Portugal University of Minho, ISISE, ARISE
    Helder Filipe Moreira de Sousa Portugal Brisa Group
    Francesca Marsili Germany Helmut-Schmidt-University/ University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
    Christian Kainz Germany -
    Marco Civera Italy Politecnico di Torino, Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering
    Cosmin Popescu Sweden Luleå University of Technology
    Mario Torcinaro Spain RWE Renewables Iberia
    George Wardeh France Un. de Cergy-Pontoise
    Danièle Waldmann-Diederich Germany Technical University of Darmstadt

  • TG3.4 - Selection and implementation of interventions/through-life management activities and measures for concrete structures

    The focus will be on the selection and implementation of interventions and through-life management activities and measures for concrete structures. Its final goal is to provide the draft on intervention for the new fib MC2020. The basic procedure is updating “Chapter 9: Conservation” of the fib MC2010, considering recent progress in this field.

    The initial focus will be on the preparation of technical guidelines for the selection and implementation of interventions dealing with current major intervention methods.

    With respect to through-life management activities and measures for concrete structures, a primary objective will be updating “Chapter 9: Conservation” of the fib MC2010, considering recent technical progress and new ideas.


    Tamon UedaConvener
    Tamon Ueda
    Giuseppe ManciniCo-Convener
    Giuseppe Mancini

    First name Last name Country Affiliation
    Etsuji Kikuta Japan Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region
    Dawei Zhang China Zhejiang University
    Philip McKenna Ireland Halcrow Group Ltd., a CH2M HILL Company
    Giuseppe Mancini Italy Politecnico Torino
    Carmen Andrade Spain Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en l’Ènginyeria (CIMNE)
    Amir Rahimi Germany Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau
    Jan Vítek Czech Republic Metrostav a. s.
    Lojze Bevc Slovenia ZAG Slovenije
    Koichi Kobayashi Japan Gifu University
    Jonathon Dyson Australia BCRC
    Attila Vardai Hungary NYUGTAN Mernoki Szolgaltato Kft.
    Francesco Bencardino Italy University of Calabria
    Christoph Gehlen Germany TUM School of Engineering and Design
    Frank Papworth Australia BCRC
    David Fernández-Ordóñez Switzerland fib
    Meini Su United Kingdom University of Manchester
    Thanasis Triantafillou Greece University of Patras
    Xilin Lu China Tongji University
    Costantino Menna Italy University of Naples Federico II
    Norbert Randl Austria Carinthia Univ. of Applied Sciences
    Hikaru Nakamura Japan Nagoya University
    Tamon Ueda China Shenzhen University
    Anna Saetta Italy Università Iuav di Venezia
    Marco Savoia Italy University of Bologna
    Ji-hua Zhu China Shenzhen University
    Hugo Corres Spain FHECOR Ingenieros Consultores
    Marta Del Zoppo Italy University of Naples Federico II
    Takumi Shimomura Japan Nagaoka Univ. of Technology
    Alessio Cascardi Italy University of Salento
    Isabel Martínez Sierra Spain Consejo Superior de Investig. Cientificas
    Zanyar Mirzaei Switzerland Pini Gruppe AG

  • TG3.5 - Forensic engineering

    We have an enormous and an ever-increasing heritage of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, many of which are currently approaching the end of their intended service life. However, there are pressing societal, economic and environmental needs to safely extend the service lives of many of these structures. This poses a delicate and challenging task if we are to make appropriate decisions on the through-life management and care of these constructed assets to achieve this while avoiding transferring an excessive burden onto the next generation. To do this we need a better understanding of the real behaviours of structures, why they may not achieved the required performance and, ultimately, what may cause them to fail.


    Daniele ZontaConvener
    Daniele Zonta
     Frank PapworthCo-Convener
    Frank Papworth

    First name Last name Country Affiliation
    Daniele Zonta Italy University of Trento
    ab van den bos Netherlands NLyse
    Ehsan Noroozinejad Canada The University of British Columbia (UBC)
    Hans-Dieter Beushausen South Africa University of Cape Town
    Eugen Brühwiler Switzerland EPFL
    Ted Donchev United Kingdom Kingston University
    Roberto Felicetti Italy Politecnico di Milano
    Frank Papworth Australia BCRC
    Alfred Strauss Austria BOKU University
    Maria Pina Limongelli Italy Politecnico di MIlano
    Fabrizio Palmisano Italy PPV Consulting Studio Palmisano Perilli Associati,
    Peter Robery United Kingdom Robery Forensic Engineering Ltd
    Branko Glisic United States Princeton University
    Johannes Hübl Austria University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
    Necati Catbas United States University of Central Florida
    Hani Nassif United States Rutgers University-New Brunswick
    Luca Possidente Italy -
    Eva Lantsoght Ecuador Universidad San Francisco de Quito
    Mattia Bado Italy -
    Jörg-Martin Hohberg Switzerland Freelance Auditor
    Andreas Lampropoulos United Kingdom University of Brighton
    João André Portugal Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering
    ab van den bos Netherlands NLyse
    Umesh Rajeshirke India Spectrum Techno Consultants Pvt. Ltd
    Fulvio Parisi Italy University of Naples Federico II
    Venkataramana Heggade India Indian National Academy of Engineers
    Giovanni Volpatti Switzerland -
    Leandro Moretti Sanchez Canada -
    Christos Giarlelis Greece EQUIDAS Consulting Engineers

 

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