FINAL PROGRAM
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
13:00 – 13:45: Registration
13:45 – 14:00: Opening Ceremony
Session
SESSION I: Introduction to Underground Shotcrete – Chairman: Marc Jolin
14:00 – 14:45: Charles Hanskat – ASA Introduction to Underground Shotcrete
14:45 – 15:30: Tom Melbye – Sustainable Solution for Sprayed Concrete in Underground Projects – A Holistic Approach
15:30 – 16:15: Tarcisio Celestino – Characteristics of Sprayed Concrete for Optimum Underground Support
Coffee Break (16:15 – 16:45)
SESSION II: Introduction to Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete – Chairman: Barzin Mobasher
16:45 – 17:30: Cassio Luiz Abeid Moura – Practical Aspects of Fiber-Reinforced Shotcrete
17:30 -18:15: Marc Jolin – Doing More and Doing Better with Fiber-Reinforced Shotcrete
18:15 – 19:00: Lühan Arda Bayraktaroğlu – Use of Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Shotcrete as Support System
19:30: Welcoming cocktail (at Maguje Restaurant – Rua Jardim Botânico, 1003 – https://maguje.com/)
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
8:00 – 8:30: Registration
SESSION III: Quality Control I – Chairman: Daniel Cardoso
8:30 – 9:15 – Antonio Figueiredo – Integrated Approach to the Control of Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete
9:15 – 10:00 – Luis Segura – Montevideo Test – A Robust and Simple Test for Sprayed FRC Characterization
10:00-10:30 (coffee break)
SESSION IV: Quality Control II – Chairman: Pierre Rossi
10:30 – 11:15 – Roberto Dakuzaku – Experiences in Sprayed Concrete Technological Control in Road and Subway Tunnels: a Parallel With The Current Demands for Technological Control in Minning Tunnels
11:15 – 12:00 – Zander Pontes Ferreira – Reduction in the re-entry time at Nexa Resources Vazante Zinc Mine Brazil Through Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete Improvements
12:00-13:30 (Lunch)
SESSION V: Design – Chairman: Tarcisio Celestino
13:30-14:15: Barzin Mobasher – Serviceability Based Design of Shotcrete with Fiber Reinforced Concrete
14:15-15:00: Pierre Rossi – Design of Structural Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete: French Practice Today and Tomorrow
15:00 – 15:45: Marcello Congro – Design of fiber-reinforced shotcrete for tunnel linings using ANN and numerical models
15:45 – 16:15 (coffee break)
Session VI: Sustainability I – Chairman: Renan Salvador
16:15-17:00: Alun Thomas – Improving the Sustainability of Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnels
17:00-17:45: Juan Alvarado – Evaluation of Mesh and Fiber Reinforced Sprayed Concrete Behavior and Its Impact on Support System Optimization and Sustainability
17:45-18:30 – Kyong-Ku Yun – Applications of Cellular Sprayed Concrete with Natural Fiber
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
SESSION VII: Sustainability II – Chairman: Charles Hanskat
8:30-9:15: Stuart Manning – Low Carbon Shotcrete
9:15 – 10:00: Silvia Vieira – Green Cements as a Tool to Lower the Ecological Footprint of Sprayed Concretes
10:00 – 10:30 (coffee break)
Session VIII: Applications I – Chairman: Luis Segura
10:30 – 11:15: Renan Pícolo Salvador – Cement-Accelerator Interaction and Its Influence on the Development of Mechanical Strength of Sprayed Concrete
11:15 – 12:00: Ignacio Contreras – Shotcrete in mining, the contribution of additive and fiber technology for underground development
12:00-13:30 (Lunch)
SESSION IX: Applications II – Chairman: Antonio Figueiredo
13:30-14:15: Bruna Souza – Application of Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete as Initial Squeezing Environments
14:15-15:00: Carlos de Sá Alves – Use of Microsilica in Shotcrete for the Ipueira/Ferbasa Underground Mine
15:00 – 15:45: Welton Gomes – Use of Mining Tailings to Produce Fiber Reinforced Shotcrete
15:45 – 16:15 (coffee break)
SESSION X: Applications III – Chairman: Flávio Silva
16:15-17:00: Michael Mett – State-of-the art 3D Tunnel Inspection with Photogrammetric and Hybrid Scanning Systems
17:00-17:45: Enrique Vega Leon: Geospatial Technologies Applied on Underground Excavations and Structures
19:30 Banquet Dinner (at Maguje Restaurant – Rua Jardim Botânico, 1003 – https://maguje.com/)
Wednesday, October 4rd, 2023
LAB Visits
8:30 – 10:00: Laboratory Tour at the Structural and Materials Lab
Short-Courses
10:00 – 12:00: Prof. Antonio Figueiredo e Prof. Renan Salvador – Brazilian standards and recommended guidelines for fiber-reinforced sprayed concrete | Normas e práticas brasileiras recomendadas para concreto projetado reforçado com fibras
12:00 – 14:00 – Lunch
14:00-15:30: Charles Hanskat (American Shotcrete Association) – Shotcrete in concrete codes and standards
15:30-16:00 (Coffee Break)
16:00-17:30: Charles Hanskat (American Shotcrete Association) – ACI Shotcrete Nozzleman and Inspector Certification