November 1967 – Brussels – Belgium
At the invitation of the « Société Générale d’Architecture de Belgique » (General Society of Architecture of Belgium ) and in cooperation with the “l’Union Professionnelle des Architectes » (Professional Union of Architects) – Saint-Lucas High school, about :
LES FISSURES DANS LES CONSTRUCTIONS ? PHENOMENES NATURELS OU DEFAUTS ? (Cracks in constructions. Natural phenomenon or defaults ? )
– February 1968 – Paris -France
At the invitation of the « Chambre Syndicale et Nationale des Constructeurs du Ciment Armé et Béton Précontraint de la France », (French contractors association) in the frame of the « l’Institut Technique des Bâtiments et Travaux Publics (I.T.B.T.P.) » (Technical Institution of buildings and public works) Paris, about :
FISSURATION DES CONSTRUCTIONS – Observations sur ouvrages en service, causes et remèdes. (Cracks of constructions – observations on buildings in service, causes and remedies)
– April 1968 – Liege – Belgium
At the invitation of the « Chambre Syndicale de la construction du Pays de Liège » (Contractor association of Liège) about :
LES DEGATS DANS LES CONSTRUCTIONS (Damages in constructions)
– November 1968 – Gent – Belgium
At the invitation of « Oostvlaamse Architectenvereniging » (Association of Architects of East-Flanders) at the Academy of Gent about :
SCHEUREN IN HET GEBOUW – CONSTRUCTIEFOUTEN. (Cracks in buildings – defaults in construction)
– May 1970 – Brussels – Belgium
At the invitation of the “Union des Géomètres Experts” (Union of surveyors experts) about :
DEGATS DANS LES ANCIENNES CONSTRUCTIONS (Damages in old buildings)
– April 1971 – Brussels – Belgium
At the invitation of the firm Cassart and FABI (Federation of Engineers) in the Galerie Louise at Brussels about :
LES ARMATURES PREFABRIQUEES (prefabricated reinforcement)
– May 1971 – Stoke-On-Trent – England – Brick Masonry Conference
CRACKING OF BRICK PARTITIONS
– September 1971 – Antwerp – Belgium, at the Nationaal Bouwcentrum (national buildingcentre)
TECHNISCHE EVOLUTIE IN STAALWAPENING (Technical evolution in steel reinforcement)
– October 1971, Charleroi – Belgium, Sindicale Kamer van Bouw (Union of contractors)
L’EVOLUTION DE LA TECHNIQUE DANS LES ARMATURES D’ACIER
(Technical evolution in steel reinforcement)
– October 1971 – Liege – Belgium at the Palais des Congrès
LES ARMATURES , MOYEN DE PREVENTION DES FISSURES (reinforcements, means of prevention of cracks)
– April 1972 – Antwerp – Belgium, Vlaamse Architecten Vereniging – VAV (Flemisch association of Architects)
SCHEUREN IN HET GEBOUW (Cracks in buildings)
– October 1973 – London – UK, C.E.B. – Comité Européen du Béton (European committee of concrete)
THE MANUAL OF DEFORMATIONS
– October 1973 – Gent – Belgium, Syndicaat van de Bouwnijverheid (syndicate of the building-industry) at the Casino Gent – Belgium
MUURUITSLAG, SCHEURVORMING, BEVINDINGEN inzake DRAGEND METSELWERK (Efflorescence, crack forming, findings on structural masonry)
– January 1974 – Liege – Belgium – Syndicale Kamer van Bouwnijverheid van Luik (Union of builders from Liege)
LA MACONNERIE PORTANTE EN BLOCS DE BETON ARME (structural masonry of reinforced concrete blocs)
– May 1974 – Arlon – Belgium (Union of Architects)
LA MACONNERIE PORTANTE ET LES ARCHITECTES (Bearing masonry and architects)
– August 1972 – Bethlehem, U.S.A. Lehigh University – Tall Buildings Meeting
THE PATHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF MASONRY
– October 1974 – Innsbruck – Austria C.E.B. Comité Européen du Béton
(European Committee of concrete )
LES DEFORMATIONS ADMISSIBLES ET LA PATHOLOGIE DE LA CONSTRUCTION (admissible deformations and pathology of constructions)
– March – april 1975 – Antwerp – Belgium, Nationaal Hoger Instituut voor Bouwkunst en Stedebouw (National high school for building and urbanism)
Series of lessons about:
PATHOLOGISCHE PROBLEMEN IN DE BOUWKUNDIGE CONSTRUCTIE – GEWAPEND EN ONGEWAPEND METSELWERK (Pathological problems in constructions – reinforced and unreinforced masonry)
– December 1975 – Antwerp – Belgium, Post graduate School of Architects
SCHEUREN IN MUREN (Cracks in walls)
– September 1976 – Edinburgh – Schotland , University of Edinburgh
EUROPEAN PRESCRIPTIONS FOR MASONRY
– April 1976 – Brugge – Belgium, Brick Masonry Conference
ONDERZOEK IN VERBAND MET GEWAPEND METSELWERK (research concerning reinforced masonry)
– December 1976 – Brussels – Belgium, FE-BE (National Concrete Federation):
GEWAPEND METSELWERK (reinforced masonry)
– January1977 and February – Antwerpen – Belgium
Series of lessons at the Academy of Antwerp about :
BOUWPATHOLOGIE EN PATHOLOGIE VAN HET METSELWERK
(building pathologie and the pathologie of masonry)
– April 1977 – Antwerp – Belgium, Technical University for Industrial Engineers
DRAGEND METSELWERK (structure masonry)
– October 1977 – Essen (Duitsland), Ziegelverein – Masonry Conference
EXECUTION OF MASONRY – DRAFT FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESCRIPTIONS
– December 1977 – Hasselt (Belgium), Technical University for Industrial Engineers
DRAGEND EN GEWAPEND METSELWERK
(Structural and reinforced masonry)
– January 1978 – Leuven, Groep “T” – School of Technical Engineers.
METSELWERK – PATHOLOGIE – NIEUWE MOGELIJKHEDEN
(Masonry – Pathologie – New possibilities)
– February 1978 – Pavia (Italy), University of Pavia
DESIGN AND EXECUTION OF MASONRY
– May 1978 – Zurich (Switserland), Technical Highschool (T.H. Zurich)
MAUERWERK – DIE PATHOLOGIE DER MAUERWERK
(Masonry – Pathologie of Masonry)
– December 1978 – Brugge (Belgium), Industrial Engineers
DRAGEND EN GEWAPEND METSELWERK
(Structural and Reinforced Masonry
– Februari 1979 – Kortrijk, Association of Engineers
DRAGEND EN GEWAPEND METSELWERK
(Structural and Reinforced Masonry)
– March 1997 – Leuven (Belgium), K.U.L. (Catholic University of Leuven), International Symposia – K.V.I.V. (Royal Flemish Engineers)
NIEUWE BOUWMETHODE DANKZIJ GEWAPEND METSELWERK
(New building method thanks to Reinforced Masonry)
– September 1979 – Paris (France), I.T.B.T.P. – Conseil International du Bâtiment
TRIAL CALCULATION OF CONSTRUCTIONS IN MASONRY
– October 1997 – Washington (U.S.A.), Congres FIBMAC
BELGIAN RESEARCH IN REINFORCED MASONRY
– January 1980 – Turnhout (Belgium) , Association of Engineers
TOEPASSINGEN VAN DRAGEND METSELWERK
(Applications of Structural Masonry)
– April 1980 – Antwerpen (Belgium), 1e Betondag van de Ingenieursvereniging (first concrete day of the Engineers Association)
DRAGEND METSELWERK EEN ALTERNATIEF VOOR GEWAPEND BETON
(Structural Masonry, an alternative for Reinforced Concrete)
– June 1980 – Tunis (Tunesia), University E.N.I.T.
L’AVENIR DE LA MACONNERIE
(Future of Masonry)
– September 1980 – Munchen (Germany), Technical Highschool
EUROPEISCHE BERECHNUNGEN FUR MAUERWERK
(European Calculations for Masonry)
– Januari 1981 – Aalst (Belgium) , Institution of Engineers:
DRAGEND EN GEWAPEND METSELWERK
(Structural and Reinforced Masonry)
– January 1981 – Tunis (Tunisia), Arab Symposium about precast construction at the Congress Palace:
EVOLUTION ET PERSPECTIVES DE LA PREFABRICATION DANS LES PAYS INDUSTRIALISES
(Evolution and perspectives of precast constructions in industrial countries)
– March 1981 – Beveren (Belgium), Engineers Association (S.T.I.)
BEREKENING EN UITVOERING VAN HET METSELWERK
(Calculation and Execution of Masonry)
– April 1981 – Tunis (Tunisia), University E.N.I.T.
LECONS SUR LA PATHOLOGIE DE LA CONSTRUCTION.
(Lessons on pathalogie of constructions)
– May 1981 – Antwerp (Belgium), K.V.I.V. (Royal Flemish Engineers Association)
ATOOMSCHUILKELDERS
(Atomic Shelters)
– May 1981 – Brussels, S.R.B.I.I. (Royal Belgian engineers Association)
ABRIS ANTIATOMIQUES
(Atomic Shelters)
– April 1982 – Rome (Italy), Congress concerning brick products (IBMAC)
GEWAPEND METSELWERK IN BELGIE.
(Reinforced Masonry in Belgium)
– May 1982 München (Germany), Technical highschool – C.I.B. Meeting
INTERNATIONAL CODE ABOUT REINFORDED MASONRY
– Octobre 1991 Berlin (Germany) , IBMAC
BED JOINT REINFORCEMENT IN BELGIUM AND EUROPE
– Octobre 1992 – Londen (UK), 3rd International Masonry Conference:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF BED JOINT REINFORCEMENT
– December 1994 – Antwerp (Belgium), Royal Flemisch Engineers Association (K.V.I.V.)
STUDIEDAG DRAGEND METSELWERK STABILITEIT EN VERVORMING – EUROPESE NORMEN – EC6 – NIEUWE BELGISCHE NORMEN IN VOORBEREIDING.
Structural Masonry, Stability and deformations – European Codes – EC6 – new Belgian codes in preparation.
– March 1999 – Antwerp (Belgium), Royal Flemish Engineers Association (K.V.I.V.)
Chairman of the SYMPOSIUM: Design and Execution of Structural Masonry following Eurocode 6 and the Belgian NAD
– March 1999 – Brussels, Royal Belgian Industrial Engineers Association (S.R.B.I.I.)
Chairman of the SYMPOSIUM: Design and Execution of Structural Masonry following Eurocode 6 and the Belgian NAD
– May 2000 – Madrid (Spain), 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference.
SOME PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS OF REINFORCED MASONRY IN BELGIUM
Session Chairman
May 2012 – Antwerp (Belgium) C.I.B Conference
CRACKS AND DAMAGE IN BUILDINGS