About the series
ICDCS is the international conference series on the durability of concrete structures, bringing together leading experts from around the world. Its scope covers deterioration mechanisms, service-life prediction, testing, inspection and monitoring, repair and maintenance, life-cycle assessment, and the net-zero and low-carbon transition — bridging materials and structures, research and practice.
The first edition was held in Hangzhou in 2008, hosted by Zhejiang University in cooperation with RILEM. Since then the conference has travelled between Asia, Europe and North America — Sapporo, Belfast, West Lafayette, Shenzhen, Leeds, Jinan and Edinburgh. In 2027 it returns to Hangzhou, the city where the series began.
Proceedings of past editions are published open access on Purdue e-Pubs, with a DOI assigned to each paper; print proceedings were also produced for the 2016 and 2018 editions. Publication arrangements for 2027 will be announced once confirmed.
Founders of the series
The ICDCS series was founded by three scholars:
- Wei-Liang Jin · Zhejiang University
- Tamon Ueda · Shenzhen University (Hokkaido University at founding)
- Jan Olek · Purdue University
The dates, venue, host institutions and topics for the 2027 edition are not final yet and will be published here once confirmed.