COST Action TU1404—Recent Advances of WG1: Testing of Cement-Based Materials
Work Group 1 (WG1) of COST Action TU1404 entitled “Testing of cement based materials” deals with determination of different properties of early age and hardened cement based materials with the following main objectives: (1) to recommend new advanced standard techniques which have been developed during the last years to become standard in the (near) future, (2) to test the ability of using different waste, recycled, and by-products as raw materials to design sustainable concrete mixture, and (3) to prepare a database of concrete mixtures which could serve designers and engineers to better predict lifespan, durability, and serviceability of concrete mixtures and structures. The paper describes organization and strategic view of WG1, presents its main objectives and gives important details about Round Robin Test, as a main tool that will be employed within WG1.