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ICCX SPECIAL10 CPI %u2013 Concrete Plant International %u2013 5 | 2025 www.cpi-worldwide.comhibition has grown steadily in recent years, reaching a new high again this year. Companies from all over the world will provide their concepts and solutions for the modern production of concrete structural elements at around 60 booths. Companies from the plant engineering sector in particular, but also from the wear and spare parts segment and concrete chemicals, will be exhibiting.Trade conference with renowned speakers from around the worldAs an integral part of the ICCX event series, the trade conference has a lot to offer. As before, the conference programme will offer a variety of practical approaches for the daily challenges of concrete production, but will also shed light on scientific aspects and highlight current developments in research.Earthquake-proof constructionThis year, the focus will once again be on earthquake-proof construction, with an in-depth examination of the content. Prof Stefano Pampanin from the University of Rome (Italy) is an internationally renowned expert in this field and will be holding a workshop entitled %u201cThe next generation of prefabricated concrete structures with low damage potential: Opportunities in the Mediterranean Regions%u201d.The 2010-2011 series of earthquakes in Canterbury, New Zealand, demonstrated that there is a significant gap between society%u2019s expectations and the actual earthquake resistance of modern buildings. Life safety alone is not enough for modern societies; a paradigm shift in performance-based design criteria and objectives towards a design philosophy and technology focused on mitigation or low damage is urgently needed. Increased awareness among the public/tenants, building owners, local authorities and insurers/reinsurers of the severe economic impact of moderate to strong earthquakes in terms of damage/cost/downtime has indeed encouraged and facilitated the wider acceptance and implementation of cost-effective mitigation or loss reduction technologies.Indeed, building safer and more resilient communities is recognised as an overarching goal of risk reduction measures and practices. A damage-resistant or resilient built environment, including structures and infrastructure, would be an important step towards achieving this goal. Expectations have risen significantly with the call to accelerate the development of what the public would call the %u201cultimate%u201d building system capable of withstanding the shaking of a major earthquake essentially unscathed. The presentation will provide an overview of recent advances made over the past thirty years through extensive research, development and implementation of an integrated, low-damage building system based on precast concrete technology, including the skeleton of the superstructure and non-structural components.Examples of real-world applications of this technology in New Zealand and around the world, utilising dry, ductile precast concrete connections, based on an unbonded prestressing technique and incorporating some of the latest innovative engineering solutions from the laboratory, are presented as an encouraging example of the successful translation of the performance-based seismic design approach and advanced technology from theory to practice in line with the overall goal of building resilience. Cost-benefit/performance evaluations are also presented together with considerations on the opportunities and prospects for the development and wider implementation of the next generation of precast concrete structures in the Mediterranean region.Production of concrete productsAnother highlight is the workshop %u201cProduction of concrete products - what needs to be considered under factory conditions?%u201d. Prof J%u00fcrgen Oecknick from PSA Zurich Area GmbH will be giving insights into his more than 40 years of international experience in the building materials industry and as a university lecturer in the field of building materials process engineering for the first time at ICCX North Africa. Concrete products are mass products with high demands on function and aesthetics. They are manufactured mechanically on the basis of a variety of material combinations. As a first step, this year%u2019s ICCX workshop session will demonstrate the significant potential of the industry%u2019s product diversity. In this context, however, practical examples will also be used to show that, regardless of the level of development of the process technology used, only the implementation of qualified raw material management can guarantee optimum costs with standard market product quality. The same applies to the need for production control directly during the manufacturing process with the following objectives:a) Proof of the suitability of the concrete formulations usedb) Adjustment of the machine parametersc) Transparent recording of product propertiesWell-known speakers will provide a wide range of practical approaches to the daily challenges of concrete production.