Professor Atef Badr PhD CEng FICT FHEA FICE is Head of Civil Engineering & Quantity Surveying, Military Technological College, Sultanate of Oman. He is a dedicated academic leader with a strong record of academic, research, industrial and management experience.Professor Michael Grantham BA CChem FRSC FICT, Sanberg LLP, UK is founder and organiser of the Concrete Solutions series of International Conferences on Concrete Repair.