CCE 2025 Education Schedule
Conference Sessions

Concrete Durability 101: Essentials for Long Lasting Structures

Date & Time: Thursday Feb 13, 2025 at 12:00 pm
Duration: 50 minutes
Location: Room A
Registration: $50 plus hst

Description

Concrete durability is essential for constructing structures that withstand the challenges of real-world conditions, reducing maintenance costs, and extending service life. This presentation introduces the fundamental principles of concrete durability. Key topics include environmental factors that impact concrete—such as freeze-thaw cycles, chloride exposure, and carbonation—as well as common durability issues like cracking, chloride-induced corrosion, and alkali-silica reaction.

Attendees will learn about essential durability practices, from selecting appropriate materials and optimizing mix designs to implementing proper curing techniques and protective measures (i.e. hot and cold weather concreting). Real-world case studies will highlight successful applications and lessons learned, including the use of service life prediction modelling and non-destructive testing to determine remaining service life of current infrastructure.

Presented by

Ted Moffatt, Ph.D., P.Eng
Ted Moffatt, Ph.D., P.Eng, Senior Materials Engineer – Concrete Technology, Harbourside Engineering Group
Dr. Ted Moffatt is a Senior Materials Engineer - Concrete Technology at Harbourside Engineering Group in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Ted Professional Engineer in Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Brunswick and Texas State University. He has over a decade combined academia and industry experience relating to concrete materials, specifications, performance, mix design development, durability (corrosion, marine environments, alkali-aggregate reaction and freeze-thaw attack), non-destructive testing and low carbon concrete. Ted completed his Ph.D. at the University of New Brunswick, where he worked in the concrete materials laboratory of the late Dr. Michael Thomas. Following his Ph.D., Ted completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at UNB, Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC). Ted has over thirty peer-reviewed journal publications and conference proceedings, and has given numerous conference presentations and guest lectures around the world. He has also taught undergraduate and graduate level classes at the University of New Brunswick, Queen's University and Royal Military College of Canada. Ted is a voting member of CSA A23.1/A23.2-Concrete Materials and A3000-Cementitious Materials and member of various ACI technical committees.
Sponsored by:
American Concrete Institute - Atlantic Chapter

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