Vol.13, No.1, 2009 Editorial 5 News Spotlight 6 TUNNELS AND TUNNELLING Tunnel repair using high-strength and high-performance sprayed concrete by Marijan Skazlic, Ivana Banjad Pecurand Zeljana Skazlic 10 Underwater tunnel in six-day cycles- Limerick Tunnel, IrelandCEI report 14 Remote tunnelling project in the Chilean AndesCEI report 16 Busan-Geoje crossing - the immersed tube tunnel by Adrian Greeman 17 Fibre-reinforced sprayed concrete for underground mines in the new millennium by Mike Ballou 20 Waterway crossing: reconstruction of a tunnel passage Jens Lutzow-Rodenwoldt 24 EXTERNAL PAVING Largest permeable paving project in Canada by Steve Spikes 26 New laser line sensor for high-speed pavement profiling by Walt Pastorius, Dan Howe and Martin Sanden 28 Concrete or asphalt road - which is more expensive? by Asim Yeginobali 30 STADIUMS AND ARENAS Greenpoint Stadium, Cape Town on course for the World Cup by Stefan Pruckmayr 32 Creating unique geometry at the Aviva Stadium by GeoffWerran and Fergus McCormick 34 Structure and technology - the motto of sports construction architecture by Arnost Navrdtil 36 Putting the lid on the Calabash by Lauren Lonsdale 38 Helping Indian stadium renovation for cricket 2011 World Cup finals CEI report 41 CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT 'Taking the pressure off'with post-installed adhesive anchors by Jeffrey Dunagan and Jason Oakley 42 Post-tensioning - an architect's friend by Theodore Neff 44 Steel-fibre-only reinforced concrete in free suspended elevated slabs by Xavier Destree 47 REGIONAL REPORT:AUSTRALASIA Lome Pier project CEI report 50 Precast starlight in Berry CEI report 52 Testing the theory Campbell Robertson 54 TRANSPORT FlexiArch bridge deployment in new Northern Ireland national cycle track by Marcus Brierley 57 Repairs to Italian viaduct by Lars-Goran Nilsson 59 CONCRETE EQUIPMENT Testing a concrete pump at -25C by JiJrgen Kronenberg 61 International events 64 Advertisers' index 64 Vol.13No,2 2009 Editorial 5 News Spotlight 6 Society News 10 HIGH-RISE CONSTRUCTION Challenging high-rise in USA's 'windy city' by Anita LaFond 12 A new facade for Cairo's Television Tower by Hardy Herald and Nadine Baumgartl 15 The Calgary Bow by Mark Sutherland17 REGIONAL REPORT; MIDDLE EAST CEI report Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City - winding elegantly upwards CEI report 20 Dubai Metro is on track by Paul Williams 22 FORMWORK AlastairSeaton Working on a Dream by Alastair Seaton 24 GRCA FIXING GUIDE GRCA Fixing Guide Part 2 by Matt Hartley 26 CONCRETE AND WATER Modernising Ireland's largest water treatment plant by Jens LiJtzow-Rodenwoldt 28 Waterproofing basement structures of Putrajay's Business and Commercial Centre, Malaysia by Florian Klouda 29 Durban Harbor widening project CEI report 31 Staten Island's 25701 pier key to renaissance of St George by Jim Williams 33 CONCRETE REPAIR Brendan Walsh Repairing export silos at a coal mine by Brendan Walsh 35 Why your concrete structure fails again and again by Ted Huck 36 Hydro-demolition of concrete structures by Stefan Hilmersson 39 Hydro-demolition plays vital role in tunnel and bridge repairs by Lars-Goran Nilsson 44 CONCRETE AND ENERGY Challenges during construction and completion phase of the Karahnjukar Project, Iceland by Gudmundur Petursson and GustavBracher 46 Damming the dam by Campbell Robertson 49 Precast foundations anchor offshore turbines by Annelies Demuynck and Nathalie Gunst 52 Repair methodology of reinforced concrete cooling towers by Radomir Folic and Pamir Zenunovic 55 Concrete repair- an update on the introduction of EN 1504 Chris Gallivan CONCRETE ON-SITE Concrete demolition challenge of loom proportions CEI report 58 Big boom pumps win big jobs by Jurgen Kronenberg 60 Beating the schedule for demolition of German bridgeCEI report 61 Southgate Industrial Park, Moscow by Rodney Arnold 62 International events 64 Advertisers' index 64 VOL.13 No.3 2009 Editorial 3 News Spotlight 4 CONCRETE BRIDGES Fromwork carriage and cantilevered construction: complete solution for arched bridge CEI report 8 Bridge construction for upgrade to Brisbane's Gateway Motorway by Nick Southward 10 Crossing the River Vltava in a weekly cycle by Stefan Pruckmayr 12 Bridging the Zambezi River by Angela Swann 15 Creating the curves for Dublin's new bridge AlastairSeaton 18 Repairs to Rio Verde viaduct by Lars Goran Nilsson 20 PRECAST CONCRETE Newtrends in tilt-up finishes by Jim Baty 22 Precast proves ideal for concrete portal frame crane runway CEI report 24 An analysis of the use of isolation slabs for light-duty tanks by Eric Barger and Ronald Thornton 26 Mastclimbers critical on Dubai projects CEI report 28 Precast concrete as a bushfire barrier CEI report 30 CONCRETE ARCHITECTURE Shell structures of the Rolex Learning Center in Lausanne by Manfred Grohmann, Klaus Bollinger, Agnes Weilandt and Michael Wagner 32 Facelift for Umicore, Hoboken, Belgium by J Vander Beken, F Ghyssaert and L Ney 35 Cladding from Mouscron to Moscow by Marnix Soubry 38 FORMWORK AND FALSEWORK Forming the new national stadium, Romania by James Luckey 40 Hawaiian resort ahead of schedule by Mark Sutherland 43 Column forms heighten aesthetic vision of iconic Beekman Tower by Jose Kusiak 45 REGIONAL FOCUS : ASIA Experience of HPC on a concrete gravity darn in Bhutan by RN Khazanchi, Rajbal Singh, AK Sthapak and SA Hasbi 47 AGGREGATES Crushing battle in land of the Terracotta Warriors CEI report 50 A fresh solution for fly ash CEI report 51 SPECIAL CONCRETES Spray head kinematics has a decisive influence by Jurgen Kronenburg 52 Tunnel waterproofing - a new level of protection by Roxanna Anderson 54 International events 56 Products and services 56