CWR - Technical team

Gordon Wylie (Eur. Ing., C. Eng.)
European Engineer (Eur. Ing.)
Chartered Engineer (C. Eng.)
Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers (M.I.Struct.E.)
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.)
MBA (Distinction) from INSEAD, France, an
M.Sc. (Eng.) in Advanced Structural Analysis & Design (Distinction) from Imperial College London and a
B.Sc. (Eng.) in Civil Engineering (First Class Honours) from Imperial College London

John A. Bickley (P.Eng.)
Fellow, American Concrete Institute
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers in England
Fellow, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
Fellow, Institution of Highway Engineers
Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers
Principal, Network of Centres of Excellence on High Performance Concrete; (Concrete Canada), 1990 to 2002
Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, 1993-2003.
Construction Practice Award, American Concrete Institute, 1980.
Award of Merit, Canadian Standards Association, 1988.
Recently completed a report, together with R.D. Hooton and Ken Hover on Performance-Based Specifications

Denis Mitchell (BASc, MASc, PhD, P. Eng.)
Professor and Department Chair, Civil Engineering, McGill University
Fellow, American Concrete Institute
Member and former Chair of Committee 408, Development of Reinforcement
Member of Committee 318B - Building Code Committee of American Concrete Institute
Member of American Society of Civil Engineers Committee 445, Shear and Torsion
Chair of Canadian Standards Association Committee A23.3, responsible for the Standard for the Design of Concrete Structures
Chair of Sub-Committee on Seismic Design of the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code
Chair of Subcommittee on Design Provisions of Canadian National Committee on Earthquake Engineering
Member of Standing Committee on Structural Design for the National Building Code of Canada
Member of Canadian Standards Association Committee on Repair of Concrete Buildings
Member of Canadian Standards Association Steering Committee on Structures (Design)

Sidney Mindess (P.Eng., Ph.D.)
Fellow, American Concrete Institute (Committee 446 - Fracture Mechanics; Committee 370 - Dynamic and Vibratory Loads)
American Society for Testing & Materials (Committee C-9 - Concrete & Concrete Aggregates)
RILEM (Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires d'Essais et de recherche sur les Matériaux et les Constructions)
   Member Com: 50-FMC Fracture Mechanics of Concrete; 89-FMT Fracture Mechanics Test Methods; TC108 - Bond in Concrete
   Member of Coordinating Com., from 1993
Fellow, American Ceramic Society; Chairman
International Fibrous Concrete Institute - President, 1989-90
Editorial Advisory Board, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Editorial Board, International Journal of Cement Composites & Lightweight Concrete, 1983-1986
Editorial Advisory Board, Advances in Cement Research
Co-editor, Advances in Concrete Technology (book series published by Elsevier Science Publishers, U.K)
Editorial Board, Cement & Concrete Research
Board of Advisors, Materials & Structures (RILEM)
Editoral Board, Materials & Structures (RILEM)
Board of Editors, Cement Wapno Beton (Poland)
Co-authored 6 books and over 250 technical papers, dealing primarily with the mechanical properties of cement and concrete.
M.S. Civil Engineering, Stanford University
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Stanford University

R. D. Hooton (B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng.)
Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto.
Fellow, American Concrete Institute
Fellow, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Fellow, The American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
Honorary member of both ASTM Committees C01 on Cements and ASTM C09 on Concrete
Award of Merit from both CSA (1998) and ASTM (2003)
Chair of several standards committees, including
    ASTM C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates,
    ASTM C09.66 on Resistance to Fluid Penetration,
    ASTM C01.31 on Volume Change of Cements,
    CSA Committee A3000 on Hydraulic Cements,
    CSA A23.5 on Supplementary Cementing Materials, and
    ACI C201C on Sulfate Resistance
    ASTM subcommittee C01.48/C09.48, ‘Paste System Performance', dealing with cement-admixture compatibility issues
Recently completed a report, together with John Bickley and Ken Hover on Performance-Based Specifications

Michael D. A. Thomas (Ph.D., P.Eng.)
Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. He specializes in Construction Materials and Infrastructure Repair.
Fellow, American Concrete Institute
ACI Construction Practice Award (2000)
ACI Technical Committee Membership
American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Canadian Stadards Association (CSA)
Réunion Internationale des Laboratoires d'Essais et de recherche sur les Matériaux et les Constructions (RILEM)
Associate Editor of Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham, 1982
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Aston, 1987