ACF Task Group Activities
ICCMC has been undertaking the two task groups which are supported and entrusted by ACF. These two task groups were set up in 2007 upon proposal by ACF. The main purpose is to draft technical reports from the viewpoint of code-drafting for WG3 and WG4 of ISO/TC71/SC7, which have been set up by the concerted efforts of ICCMC members. Term of office for both TGs is 2 years (Jan 2007- Dec 2008).
Task Group on Maintenance for Leakage due to Cracking
The purpose of this TG is to prepare the state-of-the-art of maintenance activities for leakage due to cracking and to prepare the ICCMC’s Level 3 document on maintenance for leakage due to cracking Coordinator is from Korea. In the 3rd ACF International Conference, which will be held in November 2008 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, research result will be presented under the title; “REPAIR OF WATER LEAKAE CRACKS IN CONCRETE STRUCTURES” written by Prof Sang Kuen Oh (Seoul National University of Technology, Korea) to draw out a successful and effective plan for repairing water-leakage cracks.
The purpose is to prepare the state-of-the-art of assessment and intervention for seismic damage in Asia and to prepare the ICCMC’s Level 3 document on assessment and intervention for seismic damage. Coordinator is from Indonesia, Taiwan and Japan. In the 3rd ACF International Conference, research result wil be presented under the title; “SEISMIC DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RETROFIT” written by Dr Hitoshi Kumagai (Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation, Japan), Prof Hiroshi Shima (Kochi University of Technology, Japan), Dr Lap-Loi Chung (National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taiwan), and Prof Shyh-Jiann Hwang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan).