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Available online are articles from our quarterly publication 'concrete'. This includes all feature articles, problem clinics, international news items, industry news and innovations.

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Issues of 'concrete' Issues in .pdf format [PC Right click/Mac Option click]
April 2008
Contents: Herdhome® shelters - a concrete solution for sustainable dairying (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); Creacrete™ - exploring new sides of concrete (p. 3); People & Industry News (p. 3-4); Zero waste - interlocking concrete blocks (p. 4); CCANZ Opinion - the case for concrete road barriers (p. 5); Concrete cloth - flexible fibrous cement (p. 6-7); Cement Stabilisation - a dustless technology on Mt Maunganui's Harbour Link project (p. 8); Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) - crushable concrete that could save your life (p. 9); Download.
December 2007
Contents: Makatote Viaduct - underpinning Pier 7 (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); People & Industry News (p. 3-4); Melbourne cement facility : state of the art silo (p. 4-5); New Zealand Concrete Society Awards 2007 (p. 6-7); New Zealand's largest post-tensioned floor and pavement presents challenges (p. 8-9); Technical Talk.....Does Concrete Carbonate or Recarbonate (p. 10); Kingsford Quay wharf concrete deck strengthening at Port Nelson (p. 11). Download.
September 2007
Contents: New Zealand’s largest precast concrete wastewater detention tank - Silverstream (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); People & Industry News (p. 3); Concrete lifeline - Wellington inner city bypass (p. 4); Technical Talk....Saw cutting contraction joints in cast-on-grade slabs (p. 5); Concrete College - developing resource (p.6); Seismic grade reinforcing steel underpins new Northern Gateway (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
June 2007
Contents: Concrete core to sustainable building design - Meridian Energy building (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); People & Industry News (p. 3); Ecologically sustainable Conservation House (p. 4); Technical Talk...SCC - where to next? (p. 5); Depolluting concrete (p.6); Auckland international airport runway reconstruction (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
March 2007
Contents: Sustainable building design on Wellington waterfront - Meridian Energy building (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); People & Industry News (p. 3); Functional simplicity in building - precast car parking building (p. 4); Cooks Clinic...The importance of curing (p. 5); Cement stabilisation - a new approach (p.6); Concrete roads for low speed, high stress applications - Port of Napier (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
December 2006
Contents: LNG storage facilities – preparing to meet demand (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); People & Industry News (p. 3); A new masonry guidance document on weathertightness (p. 4); Cooks Clinic...Specifying Concrete Floors (p. 5); New Zealand's first post-tensioned concrete masonry house (p.6); Concrete opens new frontier in tourism for Ruakuri Caves (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
September 2006
Contents: Concrete Wind Towers - enable high power outputs (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); Industry News (p. 3); Hollowcore Research - update (p. 4); Concrete & Sustainable Development - an ovrview (p. 5); New Innovations - Walled Paper (p.6); Cooks Clinic...Exposed Aggregate Floors (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
June 2006
Contents: Low Cost Concrete Housing Solutions (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); People News & Industry News (p. 3); High-strength Concrete High-rises (p. 4); Students Set Standard for Future of Concrete (p. 5); Magma Arts and Concgress Centre (p.6); Cooks Clinic...Exposed Aggregate Floors (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
March 2006
Contents: Silencing the competition: the benefits of concrete acoustic barriers (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); News & People (p. 3); Concrete road barriers key to safety on roads (p. 4); Cement stabilisation and the sustainability of New Zealand roads (p. 5); New Zealand's first recycled road (p. 6); Cook's Clinic....Jargon of the Concrete Industry (p.7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
December 2005
Contents: Success and the challenge of building in Antarctica (p. 1-2); Upfront (p.2); 2005 Concrete Award Winners (p. 3); Design and Construction of new Zealand's first Reactive Powder Concrete bridge (p. 4); Concrete structures facing shift in design paradigm (p. 5); Innovators in Concrete Construction (p. 6); People (p.7); Cooks Clinic...Concrete Quality Control (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
September 2005
Contents: Concrete construction for better performing hospitals (p. 1); Engineering post the world trade center collapse (p. 2-3); Cooks Clinic...Spring the concrete cracking season (p. 4); International news - designer concrete art pavers (p. 5); News (p. 6); People (p. 7); Building Code update (p. 7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download.
June 2005
Contents: Concrete can take the heat! p. 1-2; news p. 3; Durability - key consideration in building structures p. 4; Cook's Clinic - Cold Weather Concreting p. 5; International news - Revolutionary advances in concrete p. 6; People p. 7; News from the associations p. 8. Download.
March 2005
Contents: Workplace training for concrete specialists goes from strength to strength (p. 1- 2); Upfront – Rex Williams (p. 2); News (p. 3); Cook's Clinic – Toppings (p. 4); International qualifications in concrete technology and construction (p. 5); People (p. 6); Concrete practitioners course (p. 6); Environmental challenge for concrete (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). Download.
December 2004
Contents: Concrete fights back - a lesson from the UK (pg. 1-2); Upfront - Rex Williams (p. 2); News (p. 3); Concrete Contributions to Architecture by Andrew Charleson (p. 4); People (p. 5); Cook's clinic - Masonry design and construction (p. 5); Striving for perfection - concrete floors by Andrew Dallas (p. 6); Obituary of Professor Bob Park (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). Download.
September 2004
Contents: Surface finishes with a difference (p. 1-2); Upfront – call of the south (p. 3); Cook's Clinic - Cement Burns (p. 3); An honest use of concrete - St Joseph's Church is history in the making (p. 4); Concrete benchtops for a truly creative finish (p. 5); People (p. 6); News (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). Download.
June 2004
Contents: Fabric energy storage – energy efficiency in commercial structures by Chris Munn (p. 1-3); Upfront – CCANZ funding – a new model (p. 2); Auckland airport’s car park a world first (p. 3); Precast concrete a sustainable way for New Zealand construction (p. 4); Cook’s Clinic – concrete structures standard (p. 5); International news – it’s not easy being green by Steven Prokopy (p.6-7); News: Dene Cook elected fellow of IPENZ, CCANZ concrete prizes, Website promotes green building, 36th Combined Conference, Record entries for House of the Year competition (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). Download.
March 2004
Contents: Kiwi keeps Taiwan's high speed rail on track (p.1-2); Upfront - concrete thinking (p. 2); Moisture in concrete floors : overcoming the potential problems (p. 3-4); Cooks Clinic : Slump - its relevance in today's world (p. 5); News: New Zealand hosts international concrete conference; Updated guide to reducing alkali silica reaction; New Plymouth's new concrete promenade; Precast concrete handbook seminars (p. 6); International news : UK concrete industry sets up new organisation; Sound barriers double as art; Sustainability for paving (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). [488 Kb] Download.
December 2003
Contents: 2003 Concrete Award Winners (p. 1-2); Upfront - an integrated industry (p. 2); Concrete protection for film heritage (p. 3); News: NZRMCA award winners; HNZC affordable housing design; The New Zealand Concrete Industry conference call for papers; Transit NZ awards largest roading construction contract; Urban sustainability - a new web based resource (p. 4); Cook's Clinic : Reinforcement (p. 5); Waitakere's new 'green' sports complex (p. 6); 50 year anniversary for Prestressed Concrete (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). [1.37 Mb] Download.
September 2003
Contents: Living concrete - residential mulit-storey apartments (p.1-3); Concrete power! (p. 3); The concrete menagerie (p. 3); ICF against terrorism (p.3); Cook’s Clinic : colour variations in formed finishes (p.4-5); Residential suspended concrete floors (p.6); International news: three day wonder (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8).[175Kb] Download.
July 2003
Contents: Something old, something new (p.1-2); Upfront – Precast flooring systems (p. 2); News: The answers is blowing in the wind; Concrete comes top in Auckland pavement survey; New WTC -7 to use more concrete (p.3); All about Angelique (p. 4); Hollowcore passes fire tests with flying colours (p. 4); NZS 3101 update (p. 4); Cook’s Clinic : formwork (p.5); Specifying concrete using NZS 3109 and NZS 3104 (p. 6-7); NZRMCA Awards (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). [470Kb] Download
April 2003
Contents: Standard bridge beams (p.1); Upfront – concrete apprenticeships BCITO (p. 2); Savings account (p.2); Concrete design standard update (p. 3); Top level (p. 3); Global view (p. 4); Cook’s Clinic : joints in slabs (p.5); On the road : NSW (p. 6); Project free-flow (p. 6); NZSEE conference (p. 6); In memoriam (p. 6); ICF growth in US (p. 6); On campus (p. 7); News from the associations (p. 8). [340Kb] Download
December 2002
Contents: Taking the 'hard' decisions. (p. 1); Upfront : Inventing the future (p. 2); Concrete home group (p.2); Farewell to Tricia Hawkins (p. 2); Congratulations to David Barnard (p. 2); Undergraduate excellence (p. 3); Architecture awards (p. 3); CCANZ Lecturer (p. 3); One man's rubble (p. 4); Why Steel (p. 4); NZS 3101 Update (p. 4); Cooks Clinic : saw cuts (p. 5); Enduring concrete (p. 6-7); News from the Associations (p. 8). Download
September 2002
Contents: Communicating With You (ccanz's new website); Upfront : Project-based Progress; Branding Change for Milburn; Concrete Loos; Making a Splash (Building Comfortable Homes Book Launch); ACENZ Awards; Style and Substance (A Visionary New Concrete Building in Perth); Recommended Read : Concrete Countertops; Enduring Concrete (The New Zealand Concrete Society Conference); NZRMCA Conference; Seismic Performance of Flooring Systems; Problem Clinic : Spring - the Cracking Season; Product News; Association News - [182Kb] Download 
June 2002
Profile : Sheralyn Hume - [78.8Kb] Download; Concrete Homes : The Strong Silent Type - [588Kb] Download; International : Energy Efficient Habitats - [41Kb] Download; Problem Clinic : Cold Weather Concrete - [34.7Kb] download; Slipforming on Route PJK - [46.5Kb ]Download
March 2002
Upfront : Guest Commentary from Chris Baker - [78.7Kb] Download; Profile : Len McSaveney - [339Kb] Download; Special Concretes : Creating New Markets - [853Kb] Download; The Joint Australia/NZ Standard for Reinforcing Steel : What's it all about? - [73.6Kb] Download; Problem Clinic - Rain, Rain go away - [45.2Kb] Download
December 2001
Profile : Concrete Chemistry : Chris Munn - [158Kb] Download; Concrete Repairs - [655Kb] Download; The Concrete Conference 2001 - [2.51Mb] Download; Concrete Conference 2001 Keynote Address : Ulla Kjaer - [1.82Mb] Download; Problem Clinic - Industrial Floors - Durability Considerations - [746Kb] Download
October 2001
Celebrating Concrete : Concrete Awards 2001- [345Kb] Download; Easy Rider : the case for concrete roads - [248Kb] Download; On the highway : a comparison of in-situ stabilisation techniques - [97.2Kb] Download; Problem Clinic - paving a new future - [103Kb] Download
June 2001
Totally floored - [909Kb] Download; Model home - [631Kb] Download; Colour up - [261Kb] Download; Industrial floor slabs - [129Kb] Download; Research Activities - [295Kb] Download; Problem Clinic - Floor tolerances - [107Kb] Download
March 2001
The rough with the smooth : concrete finish options [909Kb] Download; The timeless allure of Terrazzo [631Kb] Download; Wet Cast Paving - Jagas Concrete [261Kb] Download; Panel Discussion - Novotel/Ibis Hotel Auckland [129kb] Download; Exposed Aggregate [295Kb] Download; Problem Clinic - When things get hot - placing concrete in large pours [107Kb] Download; Research Activities Download
December 2000
Modular Systems [396Kb] Download; Aesthetics of concrete [220Kb] Download; Insulated concrete framework [212kb] Download; The Olympic Precinct [196Kb] Download; Problem Clinic - Avoiding Cracking in Concrete Floors and Walls  [41Kb] Download
September 2000
Trends in commercial concrete construction systems [319Kb] Download; Multi-storey construction : from research to practice [93Kb] Download; A lightweight advantage [225Kb] Download; Problem Clinic - It's the Season for Plastic Cracking  [178Kb] Download
June 2000
Concrete its Got to be Good for you [799Kb] Download; Concrete for All Seasons : Insulated Concrete Panels [454Kb] Download; Going Up : the Performance and Cost Advantages of Concrete for Residential Second Storey Floors [87.1Kb] Download; Dollars and Sense : the Place of Concrete in Residential Towers [270 kb] Download; Confidence in Concrete [467Kb] Download
March 2000
Planning Friendly Cities for the Future [950Kb] Download; Designing for Growth - Expanding Auckland's North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant [393Kb] Download; North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant : the Construction Perspective [148Kb] Download; Project Manukau - Providing Different Challenges [734Kb] Download; horseshoe Bend - Innovations in Roller Compacted Concrete [257Kb] Download; Problem Clinic - Abrasion a Key Durability Issue [66.6Kb] Download


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