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The International Concrete Abstracts Portal is an ACI led collaboration with leading technical organizations from within the international concrete industry and offers the most comprehensive collection of published concrete abstracts.
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Document:
ACI Fall 2025 Convention, Baltimore, MD
Date:
February 2, 2026
Author(s):
Kay Wille
Abstract:
Concrete has long interacted with nature—from Roman seawater concretes that mineralized in situ to oyster-encrusted breakwaters and vegetated revetments. These precedents suggest moving beyond “resistance only” toward resilient structures that cooperate with living systems. This talk outlines a paradigm of structural–ecological symbiosis using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) as the platform. UHPC’s strength, toughness, and durability enable slender sections and protective shells that preserve safety while creating room for biofunction. Near-term work targets: (1) bio-receptive UHPC and surface morphologies with tuned roughness, porosity, and nutrient microchannels to support benign biofilms, lichens, shells, or engineered mosses; (2) fiber/lattice exoskeletons that mechanically support climbing vegetation or root mats without sacrificing cover or durability; and (3) quantifying growth-induced actions—root pressure and biogenic mineralization—on cracking, stiffness, transport, freeze–thaw, abrasion, and fire. The aim is practical: nature-positive UHPC elements that protect people and infrastructure while inviting habitat.
CI4802ModernSkyscraper
February 1, 2026
Rachel Schick and Sidra Dahhan
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
48
Issue:
2
“The Modern Concrete Skyscraper" exhibition at The Skyscraper Museum in New York, NY, USA, retells the history of the high-rise through the lens of reinforced concrete. CI staff were toured through the exhibit, gaining insight into the curation process; the inspiration, goals, and themes behind the exhibit; and its reception.
DOI:
10.14359/51749505
CI4802Giannini
Eric R. Giannini, Brett A. Harris, Eric P. Koehler, M. Tyler Ley, Mohammed J. Uddin, Anis Ghanei, James J. Martinoski, and James M. Casilio
With the concrete industry undergoing a period of innovation and a broadening spectrum of cements available in the market, a key question to consider is: What’s next after Type IL cement, and how can we use blended cements successfully in concrete construction? A panel of experts explored this question at the Hot Topic Session at the ACI Concrete Convention Fall 2025 in Baltimore, MD, USA.
10.14359/51749506
CI4802PTIAwards
The 2025 Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) Project Awards recognized projects that demonstrate innovation, complexity, cost effectiveness, and aesthetics in post-tensioned (PT) concrete design and construction. The 2025 Project of the Year Award was bestowed to One River North, in Denver, CO, USA.
10.14359/51749507
CI4802CallsforEntries
Owners, project teams, ACI Chapters, and allied organizations are invited to nominate concrete construction projects for the 2026 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards. The Awards recognize projects that demonstrate exceptional concrete construction from around the world for innovation, complexity, achievement, and value that concrete as a material provides.
10.14359/51749508
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