CRCEngineer and PhD candidate at the University of Wollongong, Tanaz Dhondy presented a research paper titled: ‘Use of sea sand seawater concrete for efficient and sustainable building practices’.
The World Engineers Convention (WEC2019), held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, was themed ‘Engineering a Sustainable World: The next 100 years’.
It might be difficult for building owners to imagine how such lapses in precision could occur in construction, given that some steel buildings found with insufficient tension on structural bolts are relatively new warehouses and industrial complexes.
Structural bolts are typically tightened by construction workers using an impact wrench, a power tool driven by electricity or compressed air, to deliver high turning-power with minimal human exertion but imprecise control.
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Dhondy was honoured to orally present a paper at the World Engineers Convention and proud to represent both the University of Wollongong and Costin Roe Consulting.
The paper by Tanaz Dondy, Alex Remennikov, and Neaz Sheikh is titled ‘Use of sea sand seawater concrete for efficient and sustainable building practices’ and subtitled ‘Resilient infrastructure for climate change’.
The abstract is available to read online and registered academics may log in to the research gate and download the full article.
