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CONCRETE TECHNOLOGYwww.cpi-worldwide.com CPI %u2013 Concrete Plant International %u2013 4 | 2025n Prof. Nina %u0160tirmer is a full professor in tenure and Head of the Materials Technology Chair at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering. She participated in the realization of numerous international and national scientific-research projects under the HORIZON, ERASMUS, European Climate Initiative, FP7, Intelligent Energy Europe, LIFE, Eco-innovation, European Regional Development Fund, Croatian Science Foundation, etc. programmes, dealing with the use of recycled and secondary materials in construction products, management of construction and demolition waste, green building, and sustainability in construction. She has published more than 200 papers in journals and proceedings of international and national conferences. nina.stirmer@grad.unizg.hr n Jelena %u0160antek Bajto, PhD, currently holds a position as a senior assistant specialising in the development of innovative materials utilising supplementary waste materials. She conducts laboratory and field research in collaboration with international scientific teams and builds partnerships with industry stakeholders. Her experience includes working in materials science testing laboratory where she ensures product quality. She also specialises in testing mineral composites with alternative materials and assessing sustainability across ecological, energy, and resource dimensions. jelena.santek.bajto@grad.unizg.hr n Ivana Carevi%u0107, PI is currently employed as postdoctoral research/senior expert advisor at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Materials. She has previously actively engaged and has participated in over 20 national and international research projects/contracts from different funding scheme (HORIZON, ERASMUS, European Climate Initiative, IEE, LIFE, Eco-innovation, European Regional Development Fund, HRZZ, etc). Her references include research in the field of innovative reuse of waste materials as secondary resource in the construction sector, experience in the microstructure, mechanical properties and durability of concrete, as well as environmental assessment and safety properties of using waste. ivana.carevic@grad.unizg.hr n Prof. Ivana Banjad Pe%u010dur, PhD, is full professor and a Head of the Department of materials and full professor in tenure in the Department of materials, UNIZG. Her primary research areas include: construction materials (physical, mechanical, and durability properties), new sustainable concrete technologies, energy efficiency in construction, and destructive and non-destructive testing methods of construction materials. She served as coordinator for 5 projects and collaborated on 30 others with over 200 papers published in international conferences and journals. She led the team responsible for designing the ECO-SANDWICH panel, which received innovation awards. ivana.banjad.pecur@grad.unizg.hrn Assoc. prof. Marijana Serdar, PhD in the field of materials, coordinator of 8 projects (UKF, MSCA Cofund, Cogito, HRZZ, CSRP, Erasmus+, ERDF), national or institutional manager of 4 projects (FP6, MSCA ITN, ERDF, COST), and collaborator on 11 projects (Horizon Europe, ERDF, LIFE, CIP Eco-Innovation, HRZZ). She is the winner of the annual award \Croatian Academy of Technical Sciences for 2015. She is an expert in the use advanced sophisticated methods, quantified sustainability, and durability properties. She is the founder of the Laboratory for Advanced Testing of Materials (LATOM), which aims to research sustainable materials from the micro to the macroscopic level. marijana.serdar@grad.unizg.hrn Marija Mende%u0161 has been employed since 2025 as a research assistant at the Department of Materials, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb. She is currently working on the %u2018AshCycle%u2019 project. Her research focuses on the valorisation of waste materials, particularly incineration ashes, as sustainable resources in construction, reflecting her commitment to advancing academic inquiry in sustainable materials engineering. mmendes@grad.hr remain limited, with only a few countries %u2013 such as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Switzerland %u2013 actively exploring its applications. Although fly ash has been utilized in low-value applications, such as road base material, more than 50% of bottom ash remains unprocessed, leading to considerable losses of valuable metals and minerals. Moreover, diverting bottom ash from landfills could reduce the mass of waste sent to landfills by 7-8% annually. While fly ash from thermal waste treatment is produced in smaller quantities (~2 million tons/year in the EU), it contains higher levels of sodium, chlorides, as well as heavy metals, including cadmium, zinc, lead, mercury, copper, chromium, and nickel.RACCREDITATOINSERTI QUALITA%u2019EDILMATIC S.P.A. Pegognaga (MN) - Italia www.edilmatic.itEDILMATIC SOLUTIONSFOR PREFABRICATION MT BRACKET SUPPORT SYSTEMHORIZONTAL MOT BRACKETSMT BRACKETSANNIVERSARY