EFNARC is the Authoritative Voice of Contractors, Manufacturers, Raw Material Suppliers and Consultants in the Specialised Construction and Concrete Systems Industry.

EFNARC is a not for profit organisation founded in 1989 and currently comprises 11 Members: 10 Company members and 1 Associate Mmmber from Europe, Asia and Australasia. Our current focus is underground construction technology, particularly in relation to sprayed concrete having launched the Nozzleman Certification Scheme in September 2009. 

LATEST NEWS
Tunnelling Journal, the international journal for the tunnelling industry, has published a feature article on EFNARC in their September 2011 Edition. Please visit our Nozzleman webpage to download a copy.

The next EFNARC Nozzleman Examiner Assessment course will run on 17-19 April 2012 at the Hagerbach Test Gallery, Switzerland. If you require further details on the Nozzleman scheme or wish to register on the next Examiner course please visit our Nozzleman webpage.

NEW PUBLICATIONS
EFNARC has recently published an introduction to Nozzleman Certification. Please visit our Publications webpage.

EFNARC has recently introduced a new test method for measuring the flexural tensile strength of fibre concrete on sprayed test specimen. The new test method has many advantages over the existing test method including: the use of the same type of test panel for the measurement of Energy Absorption, the panel can easily be sprayed on the job site, it no longer uses sawn prisms from a panel which can influence the result, the scatter of results is lower than the current standardised beam test, the spray method adopted and panel geometry ensure the distribution of the fibres in the matrix are as close as possible to that encountered in the real structure, the test equipment required is generally available in normally equipped test laboratories and the test method defines residual flexural strength (fR,1, fR,2, fR,3, fR,4) according to the updated international standard - fib Model Code 2010. To download the test method please visit our Publications webpage.