The fib supports FRC 2023 – Fiber Reinforced Concrete: from Design to Structural Applications, which will take place on 18-20 September 2023 in Tempe, Arizona (US).

The first International Workshop on Advanced in Fiber Reinforced Concrete was held in Bergamo, Italy, in 2004, with the intention of developing structural design methodologies for fiber-reinforced concrete design. This workshop was attended by about 20 researchers and was followed by an increasing number of participants at the second and third workshops in 2014 and 2018 in Montreal, Canada, and Lake Garda, Italy, respectively. We are now witnessing considerable progress made worldwide in using FRC in structural applications, introduced in design codes and guidelines. To increase technical exchanges, members of three organizations: ACI, the fib, and RILEM, have all been supportive of this cross-disciplinary effort or materials, mechanics, and Structural Engineering allowing us to proceed with another International Workshop on Fiber Reinforced Concrete: from Design to Structural Applications, and the city of Tempe, Arizona and the campus of Arizona State University was selected to host this event.

This workshop aims to provide State-of-the-Art on the recent worldwide progress that has been made in terms of specifications, structural design, and real applications of FRC structures. Many members of ACI, the fib, and RILEM associations have been involved in code writing and validating the design of FRC structural members. We believe that we have reached a threshold to extend the use of FRC into many broader areas of structural applications. The topics have been carefully selected to address various design guides, and experiences with fibre-reinforced concrete including mixtures, production, analysis and design, and case studies of using FRC materials. Presentations of Case Studies will focus both on structural design and the description of applications. Workshop presentations are scheduled by leading researchers and practitioners in the area. Several sessions are led by invited speakers who are internationally known innovators in the area.

The workshop is open to the public with a majority of the presentations by invited speakers, spaces are open for presentation and we are looking forward to receiving abstracts. We would like to invite you to join and attend the Workshop. A tentative two-day program will be prepared and sent to you by next week as we look forward to your decision to join us in Tempe.

Please visit the official website for more information.