Current Executive Councils

A brief history

With the rapid development of countries in the Asian and neighboring region in recent decades,infrastructure development is at the hub of economic and engineering activities. Co-operation between these countries particularly in the development and construction sectors is vital. These involve the sharing of expertise and experiences with concrete which is the single most common material used in construction. As a result, the first gathering of the heads and representatives of concrete institutes in Asia under the name of “Asian Concrete Forum” was organized in Sapporo in July 2001, hosted by the Japan Concrete Institute.

Asian Concrete Forum, Sapporo, July 2001

In October 2002, the 2nd ACF was held in Seoul hosted by the Korea Concrete Institute followed by the 3rd hosted by the Indian Concrete Institute in Pune in September 2003. At the Pune’s meeting, the establishment of Asian Concrete Federation was agreed by consensus among all delegates attending that meeting.

Objectives

To promote understanding of concrete structures and provide services to the

• Initiation and support of international collaborative activities for development of research and technology relating to various aspects of concrete and concrete structures;
• Dissemination of useful information on concrete and concrete structures by way of publications, conferences, symposia, workshops and/or seminars;
• Promotion of updating and revising concrete codes/standards on structural design, materials, construction and maintenance through development of new knowledge to meet the needs of the changing time;
• Interaction with members and keeping them aware of the activities of the Federation.

Organizational Structure

ACF Constitution

ACF Byelaws

Current Executive Council (2021-2022)

President		Donguk Choi Korea Concrete Institute Hankyong National University
Vice-President (Policy)		Duinkherjav Yagaanbuyant Mongolian Concrete Association
Vice-President (Technical)		Takafumi Noguchi Japan Concrete Institute The University of Tokyo
Vice-President (Publication)		Vinay Gupta Indian Concrete Institute
Treasurer		Le Trung Thanh Vietnam Concrete Association Vietnam Institute for Building Materials
Elected Members		David Millar Concrete Institute of Australia
		Caijun Shi Hunan University
		Tavio Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember
		Jin–Man Kim Kongju National University
		Vyatcheslav R Falikman Association for Structural Concrete (Russia)
		Thanakorn Pheeraphan Thailand Concrete Association
		Yin-Wen Chan Taiwan Concrete Institute Taiwan National University
Ex-officio member		Dai Jian-Guo Chairman, ACF Technical Board Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Editor-in-Chief of Journal		Myoungsu (James) Shin Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Immediate Past President		Hiroshi Yokota Japan Concrete Institute Hokkaido University