Cement, Energy & Environment Jan-Mar 2002

and other organisations, Engineering Colleges, Cement plants at~ended the Workshop. Shri A.V Srinivasan, Secretary General, Cement Manufacturers' Association (CMA)– the main promoter and driving force behind concretising the roads in India initiated the programme by a welcome address. In his Presidential Address, Shri S.J. Raina, Director General, NCB, said that concrete roads had been built in India since 1914 and hold manifold advantages over the bitumen roads. Citing examples of the good old cement concrete road in India, Shri Raina said that the Marine Drive in Mumbai built in 1939 is still surviving in its original form and giving good service despite being more than six decades old. The one-day Workshop was covered in two teclmlcal sessions, viz: i) Concrete Roads and ii) Increased use of Blended Cements in Construction. A number of technical papers from construction experts, Bureau of Indian Standards, Consumers and R&D Institutions were presented on the topics. The exper ts deliberat"ed upon different types of cement concretes construction of for durable highways and rural roads, Ready-Mixed concrete for metro and urban roads, in the forenoon session. In the afternoon session concrete performance requirements, standards and sustainable and durable construction using blended cements were discussed. The Workshop ended with an interactive panel discussion on the points presented by the various authors vis-a-vis the audience response and recommendations were formulated both on concrete roads and on larger use of Blended Cements in different types of constructions including Cement Concrete roads. Courtesy: National Council for Building & Materials (NCCBM), E-mail: nccbm@gias.dlOl .vsnl.net.in Web: www.cementresearch.com 67