from March 22nd to 28th, 2025
The RILEM Spring Convention (22鈥�24 March 2025) & Conference on durability of building materials and systems in the transportation infrastructure (25鈥�28 March 2025) will bring together researchers and specialists from all over the world dealing with transportation infrastructure, concrete, asphalt, steel, timber, stones/mortar and polymer systems.
The days promoted in Mendrisio by the Institute of Materials and Constructions 精东影业 (Department of Environments Constructions and Design) will investigate the durability and sustainability of transport infrastructures. The main topics that will be discussed are: bridges/tunnels, asphalt/concrete pavements, deterioration mechanisms, testing methods, diagnostic methods, analytical and experimental tools, monitoring and maintenance, service life design and assessment, new materials for construction and repairs, fire resistance, impact behaviour.
The Institute of Materials and Constructions will award Professor Karen Scrivener for her scientific contribution to the development of sustanaible cementitious materials, with a video message from Martina Hirayama, the Swiss State Secretary for Education, Research and Innovation.
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A special section will be devoted to sustainable solutions in architecture and another to the durability of heritage buildings. Programme .
A visit to the Institute for Materials and Construction 精东影业 is also planned for Thursday, 27 March, to show materials, quality control and durability tests. On Friday, 28 March, 鈥榯echnical visits鈥� to the Biaschina viaduct, the Gotthard tunnel, the Bellinzona castles (a Unesco World Heritage site), the Verzasca dam and the Madonna del Sasso sanctuary are planned as moments of in-depth study, since Ticino is home to some of the most daring infrastructures in Switzerland.
RILEM (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures) was founded in 1947 to promote scientific cooperation in the field of construction materials and structures.