SDC Session #27 - May 6-7, 2010, Kansas City, Missouri
Join us in Kansas City, Missouri, May 6-7, 2010 for the SDC's Session #27.  The meeting will take place at the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, which is just steps away from the popular Country Club Plaza entertainment district. A separate BIM strategic planning session will take place May 5-6, in conjunction with SDC Session #27.

SDC Session #27 will focus on performance concrete and the V2020 Repair Council meeting.  As always, there will be breakout sessions on industry hot topics, networking events, and Technology Showcases highlighting current emerging concrete technologies.

Additional meeting details and registration will be available next week here.

SDC Session #27 Hotel Reservations
Hotel reservations at the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza, located in the Country Club Plaza area of Kansas City, Missouri, can be made through the SDC Web site or by calling Global Reservations at 1-866-856-9717. Notify the reservationist that you will be attending Strategic Development Council meetings, group code: SDC, to receive the negotiated rate. 

Please keep in mind that the hotel reservation cut-off date for this rate is April 5, 2010. If you wish to extend your stay and enjoy a bit of rest and relaxation before or after the SDC meeting, the negotiated rate will be extended for three days before and three days after our meeting dates. The extended dates are subject to availability and not actually held within our room block, however, so be sure to book as early as possible. 

To make hotel reservations online, please click here.

SDC BIM Initiative Strategic Planning Session
SDC will be holding a BIM (Building Information Modeling) strategic planning session on May 5-6, 2010, in conjunction with SDC Session #27, in Kansas City, Missouri, as part of Phase 1 of SDC's BIM initiative.  Telephone interviews on the use and importance of BIM will be held in mid-January.  These interviews, together with SDC's BIM survey conducted in mid-2009, will form the basis for a white paper published in the first quarter of 2010. Anyone interested in participating in the upcoming BIM telephone interviews should contact Michelle Anderson at michelle.anderson@nishkiandean.com or 503-445-8693.

Self-Consolidating Concrete Formwork Pressure Research Final Report
This $385,000 research project (with 40% funding from SDC) is now complete.  Dr. Kamal Khayat presented the final report at SDC Session #26 in Denver, Colorado.  The final report is available at this Web site:  SCC Formwork Pressure Final Report.  It is anticipated that this report will be helpful research information for ACI technical committees 237, Self-Consolidating Concrete and 347, Formwork for Concrete.