Program

Day 1, Monday, 27.04.2015: Introduction and Cement Testing

08.00 – 09.00

Registration and Welcome Coffee (Crowne Plaza Kuwait, Al Afrah - Conference Room)

09.00 – 09.45

Welcome Addresses by

• Nick Ecart, Director of Business Development, Europe, Middle East & Africa, ASTM International
• Ali H. Al-Kandari, Marketing & Sales Manager | Kuwait Cement Company
• Abdulmohsen Al-Enzi, Assistant Undersecretary of Planning and Development | Ministry of Public Works
  "The Ministry of Public Works Development Plan"
• Eng. Fahhad Almutairi, Assistant Undersecretary Deputy General Manager For Standards & Industrial Service Affairs | Public Authority for Industry
• Dr. Khadija Z. Al-Mutairi, Head of Construction Materials | Construction Management Labs
  Government center for Testing and Quality Control and Research | Ministry of Public Works
  "The role of the government center for testing and quality control, research and the importance of testing cement and concrete."
• Saad Almuhailbi, Chairman | Kuwait Society of Engineers

09.45 – 11.00

Introduction (Dr. Anthony F. Bentivega/ Omar Rahrouh)

• Reasons to perform testing (quality oversight, comparison to competitor’s products, increase service life of products, etc…)
• Brief History of Test Developments in Cement and Concrete
• Common errors in the laboratory
• Laboratory work flow

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee Break

11.30 - 13.30

Cement Testing (Dr. Anthony F. Bentivega/ Omar Rahrouh)

• C185-08 Standard Test Method for Air Content of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
• C187-11e1 Standard Test Method for Amount of Water Required for Normal Consistency of Hydraulic Cement Paste
• C191-13 Standard Test Methods for Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement by Vicat Needle
• C204-11 Standard Test Methods for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by Air-Permeability Apparatus
• C305-13 Standard Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch and Networking

Day 2, Tuesday, 28.04.2015: Cement Testing (Continued) and Concrete Testing

08.00 – 09.00

Registration and Welcome Coffee (Crowne Plaza Kuwait, Al Afrah - Conference Room)

09.00 – 11.00

Cement Testing (Dr. Anthony F. Bentivega/ Omar Rahrouh)

• C1437-13 Standard Test Method for Flow of Hydraulic Cement Mortar
• C109-13 Standard Test method for Compressive strength of hydraulic Cement Mortars

11.00 – 11.30

Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.30

Concrete Testing (Dr. Anthony F. Bentivega/ Omar Rahrouh)

• C172/C172M Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
• C31/C31M Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
• C143/C143M Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete
• C39/C39M Test Method for Compression Strength of Cylindrical/cube concrete Specimens
• C138/C138M Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete

13.30 – 14.30

Lunch and Networking