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Construction Innovation Workshop & The Global Entrepreneurship Week

The Construction Innovation Workshop, organized by Concrete Society of Malaysia (CSM) and CECTUS UTHM in conjunction with the GE Week is focused on bringing creativity and entrepreneurial spirit in concrete and construction.

CSM is providing 8 scholarships for individuals with a passion for creativity and entrepreneurship. The scholarship is for budding entrepreneurs to explore concrete opportunities in construction. The normal fee for the workshop is RM 688.

Exciting & Nurturing Construction Entrepreneur

Date: 21-22 November 2008

This workshop explores possibilities to create innovative concrete & construction products and services. At the end of the session you will be able to gain new insights, re-imagine new possibilities and concepts to design new solutions to the problems or challenges that you are facing at the work place.

This workshop will enable participants:

• Understand concrete and construction innovations
• Explore possibilities with KUIKwall and neuSoil
• Conduct NDT on concrete and neuSoil

Workshop catalysts

Dr Ismail Rahman, Deputy Dean FKAAS
Assoc. Prof. Dr Lee Yee Loon, President CSM
Assoc. Prof. Dr Kemas Ahmad Zamhari, Head of CECTUS

Speakers

Dr Chan Chee Ming
Koh Heng Boon
Izudinshah bin Abd Wahab
Riduan bin Yunus

The FREE half day Forum on 21 November aims at exploring opportunities for construction innovation.

The workshop on 22 November is to provide hands-on experience for participants to acquire skills related to concrete and construction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2bPRenyW0

Workshop Venue & Contact:

UTHM
Batu Pahat, Johor
Tel: 60127533135 Fax: 607 4536070
Website: www.1.net.my, www.uthmbox.com

To register

Email application form to ashmann@ymail.com

Disclaimer

The organiser reserves the right to make any amendments, cancel/ change the programme, speaker, date or venue if warranted by circumstances beyond its control. However, every effort will be made to inform the participants of the changes.

Grand Prize: RM3,000.00
Closing Date: 31 Oct. 2008

Please visit FKAAS booth for detials

Go for green materials with and without cement, green construction method. Explore www.ashmann.com

Energy-intensive industries that could be first in line for sector-based emissions reduction schemes are:

Steel:

* 5.22% world greenhouse gas emissions (2005).
* 10 biggest producers account for 26% of global output.

Cement:

* 4.6% world greenhouse gas emissions (2005).
* 10 biggest producers account for 25% of global output.

Aluminium:

* 0.9% world greenhouse gas emissions (2004).
* 10 biggest producers account for 54% of global output.

Source: Global sectoral industry approaches to climate change: the way forward, Centre for European Policy Studies, April 2008

Green Cleaning and environmental responsibility has a major impact on business, education, and our daily lives. The choices we make in cleaning products, equipment, systems and procedures affect our economy and our very lives.

Green Cleaning is about examining your entire process of cleaning, identifying the areas that can be improved, developing a plan and the procedures to implement the plan, executing the plan and measuring the results. A properly designed and implemented plan will have positive impact on the cleanliness of your facility, the health of its occupants. The Newleaf Group will help you develop and implement that plan.

Concrete Society of Malaysia (CSM) is pleased to be associated with Asian Concrete Construction Institute (ACCI) in several activities for the past two years. I wish to congratulate ACCI for the inaugural issue of the ACCI 2008 Yearbook. The effort is indeed timely as concrete has been and will remain as the major construction material. The Malaysia Concrete Week held recently in KL Convention Centre in conjunction with Malbex 2008 and ICW 2008 has created awareness and fascinated more people with concrete as a viable option for sustainable construction. The average person has no idea that the second most widely used substance in the world – after water – is concrete, but next week leading architects and engineers from all over the world are converging in New York to discuss the incredible advancements this material is bringing about in modern architecture. Redefined as an innovative and environmentally friendly material, concrete is shedding outdated associations with unattractive, urban construction.

We are pleased to announce CSM’s intensified effort into several innovations to address the issue of sustainability of concrete construction. The synthesis and exploitation of biomass silica for sustainable construction on soft soil has attracted much interest. The development of new cementitious products as a low carbon media is an exciting work in progress. Pervious concrete pavement for rainwater harvesting and flash flood mitigation are among some of the initiatives undertaken to improve the quality of life. It is important that we maintain our passion for the innovative utilization of concrete for the benefit of mankind.

The ACCI 2008 Yearbook contains useful contacts, guides and references related to concrete and construction. We believe that with relentless effort from all interested parties, it will serve its purpose to create value leading to greater success in your business. You are welcome to inform us about your view to make the Yearbook more relevant and useful in subsequent issues.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lee Yee Loon
President
Concrete Society of Malaysia

3rd Annual MEDMA Conference in Dubai, 24.11.2008
For the third consecutive year, the Middle East Drymix Mortar Association MEDMA is holding its annual convention in cooperation with DMG World Media, the organizers of the Big 5 Exhibition in Dubai. The 3rd Annual MEDMA Conference takes place right inside Big 5, upstairs of the Main Concourse (between Novotel and Ibis Hotel). The Executive Committee of MEDMA has decided to host a morning conference, including coffee break and lunch this year. The check-in starts at 08:30 on 24.11.2008, the actual lectures begin at 09:00 am.

Lectures of experts from Wacker, MEDMA, Mapei, Kerneos, Elotex, Eirich and BASF are on the programme. The MEDMA/SEADMA Technical Bulletin 03 will also be introduced to the public during the 3rd Annual MEDMA Conference. Admission is free of charge, however, advance registration is mandatory for all delegates, please register by e-mail at heike (at) drymix.info.

Explore under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to discover.

We are creating awareness on the concept of sustainability.

You are welcome to participate