Objective Self-compacting Concrete (SCC) can be placed without the need for compaction. Its adoption in Europe will increase the competitiveness of the construction industry and generate benefits for workers and for people near construction sites. The dissemination of the technology is blocked by the lack of test methods to characterize the three key properties of the material in its fresh state - it should flow freely into formwork, should pass through reinforcement without blocking, and should not segregate. Conventional concrete does not have these attributes, and conventional test methods do not identify them. A number of test methods have been suggested, none of them entirely satisfactory, and the objective of the work is to examine these methods, and to propose new ones if necessary. The outcome will be recommendations for test methods to allow the introduction of SCC into general construction and to serve as a basis for future standardization. Programme(s) FP5-GROWTH - Programme for research technological development and demonstration on "Competitive and sustainable growth 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.3.-6. - RTD Activities of a Generic Nature : Measurements and Testing Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF PAISLEY EU contribution No data Address High Street PA1 2BE PAISLEY United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BETONGINDUSTRI AB Sweden EU contribution No data Address Liljeholmsvagen 30 10074 STOCKHOLM See on map Total cost No data DANSK BETON TEKNIK A/S Denmark EU contribution No data Address 21,Helleruplund Allee 21 2900 HELLERUP See on map Total cost No data DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Lorentzweg 1 2628 CJ DELFT See on map Total cost No data GENT UNIVERSITY Belgium EU contribution No data Address Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 9 9052 ZWIJNAARDE See on map Total cost No data GTM SA France EU contribution No data Address 61,Avenue Jules Quentin 61 92003 NANTERRE See on map Total cost No data JOHN DOYLE CONSTRUCTION LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address John Doyle House, Little Burrow Al7 4SP WELWYN GARDEN CITY See on map Total cost No data SP SWEDISH NATIONAL TESTING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE Sweden EU contribution No data Address Brinellgatan, 4 501 15 BORAAS See on map Total cost No data SWEDISH CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH INSTITUTE Sweden EU contribution No data Address 26,Drottning Kristinas Vaeg 26 100 44 STOCKHOLM See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Germany EU contribution No data Address Pfaffenwaldring 32 70569 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data Birkbeck College, University of London United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Malet Street, Bloomsbury WC1E 7HX London See on map Total cost No data