The Minister of Development of the CARM, Francisco Barnabas, said at the opening of the conference that will give a boost to the construction as a source of wealth in the region
The Polytechnic School of the UCAM inaugurated this morning the Fourth Conference on Concrete Technology under the slogan "The university and the profession ', a binomial between research and implement, and has allowed the participants to learn the latest developments and applications is taking concrete within nanotechnology.
One of the ideas discussed was the bond between the concrete and steel, which has enabled great advances in this area, "and has made it possible in recent years see such iconic buildings as the Petronas Twin Towers" assured the Dean's Degree in Civil Engineering UCAM, Pedro de los Santos, who also stressed in relation to advances in this field, research with graphene and its compatibility with concrete.
"In college we are working with graphene, which is said to be the material of the future, with an incredible toughness, and can replace steel".
White Paper Construction
In the inaugural event also involved the Minister of Development, Public Works and Planning of the CARM, Francisco Bernabé, who has mentioned the White Paper Building in which they are working, and as indicated will be "the tool it will fix all the constructive process of urban development in the Region of Murcia in the coming years. "
About this sector, Barnabas has indicated that in the boom years meant around 14% of GDP, and is currently at 6%, "when the recommendations of the OCD is that we should be between 9.5 and 10%" And he added that "we are determined to push forward the construction as a source of wealth in the Region of Murcia, without falling into the excesses of the past."
Source: UCAM