Consulting

Fibre cement industry world wide

Expertise and advice offered in industry and
raw material supply in the following countries

• Europe (varied Western European countries)
• Ukraine
• Turkey
• USA
• South America
  - Brazil
  - Columbia
• Thailand
• China
• Japan
• Malaysia
• Indonesia
• Australia
• India
• Sri Lanka
• Africa
  - South Africa
  - other African countries

Other activities

Fibre reinforced cement pipes (modified extrusion technology)

• Patent from Technical University of Denmark (DTU, Lyngby)
• Advice on mix design for a new innovative technology to produce pipes at Rocla (Sydney, Australia)
• Assessment and testing of the new products
• Setup and provide guidelines for durability studies such as fatigue, creep and ageing
• Collaboration with Universities
  - University of Sydney
  - Technical University of Denmark (DTU, Lyngby)
  with regard to application / durability tests

Innovative building materials (Inorganic Polymers)

• Consultant for University of Western Australia, Prof. McCormick, Perth
• Design of mix formulations for non-cement based fibre reinforced building materials
• Design and perform durability tests to predict the long term durability of the fibre reinforced product

Concrete and Shotcrete Applications

• Expertise provided to Fortatech AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland
  Contact: Kurt Frech
• Assisted in design and testing in Hagenbach (experimental tunnel) for shotcrete and concrete applications

Concrete and Construction

• Assistance with raw material tests for quality control
• Establishing innovative uses and markets for the materials

Development of special high quality Polypropylene Fibre for building materials

• Provide professional advice for potential manufacturers of Polypropylene Fibres designed for building materials
• Set up test program for mix design and testing of the fibres in building products

Cement related issues

• Trouble shooting on behalf of Holcim (South Africa) for EVERITE Ltd., South Africa
• Expertise provided for Afrisam South Africa
• Other cement companies world wide

Expert witness in litigation on liabilities

• 2003 - Provided expertise to Attorneys Morrison & Foerster LLP as a defendant for roofing materials in California USA
  References:
  David McDowell, Morrison & Foerster LLP
  555 West Fifth Street, Suite 3500
  Los Angeles, CA 90013 USA
  Sunil Kulkarni, Morrison & Foerster LLP
  755 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
• 2005 - Provided expertise for roofing products to Attorney Craig van Rooyen, Bingham McCutchen, San Francisco, representing a fibre cement manufacturer as a defendant
• 2006 - Provided expertise to Attorneys at Law, John R. O'Rourke, Pennsylvania 19404, USA
  with regard to cracking of wall panels

Academic / Review / Conferences / Training courses

Academic

External supervisor for PHD Graduates at:

University of Western Australia, Perth
Dissertation: „Mechanical activated Flyash as a reactant in the production of high-strength geopolymer mortars and carbon-fibre composites“
Student: Simon Willis (2003)

University of Cape Town, South Africa
Dissertation: „Evaluation of mechanical properties of textile concrete subjected to different environmental exposures
Student: Mrs. SW Mumenya (2008)

Review

Reviewer for Cement and Concrete Research Journal

Conferences

• IIBCC – Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006
  Reviewer and invited speaker, “Cracking in fibre cement products”
  further info see www.iibcc.biz
  
  
• IIBCC – Conference in Madrid, Spain, 2008
  Reviewer and invited speaker, “The effect of aluminious additives on the properties of autoclaved fibre cement”
  Member of organizing committee
  further info see www.ucm.es
  
  
• Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia September, 2009
  Keynote speaker “Necessity is the mother of invention”
  Scientific paper “Reinforcement of Concrete and Shotcrete using by component Polyolefine Fibres”
  
  
• Concrete Institute of Australia, September / October 2009
  invited speaker for seminars in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth
  
  
• IIBCC – Conference in Aarlborg, Denmark, 2010
  Member of organizing committee, reviewer of papers
  further info see www.iibcc.biz

Training courses

• A series of invited lectures at Technical University of Denmark (DTU, Lyngby)
  Joint course for PHD students with Prof. H. Stang and Prof. V. Li
• Seminar on durability of cellulose fibres in cementitious materials at Technical University of Denmark (DTU, Lyngby)
  Prof. H. Stang and Prof. S. Shah