A Structural Ice Association In 2013, Arno Pronk came up with the idea to use fi ber-reinforced ice in practice, triggered by past research that have been conducted. The goal was to create the world’s largest ice dome, the Pykrete Dome. Hugo Sanders, founder of Sanders Projects Consultancy, was involved early in the project because of his connections in Finland and especially in Juuka, an area that is ideal for such an ice project. As co-initiator of this project, Hugo Sanders plays an important role in the ice projects in Juuka. His friend Jari Repo was the technical foreman in the first project. Other persons of great importance to the success to this project were Matti Tuominen and Ari Jaaranen. The ‘Pykrete Dome’ project really had a great impact on the municipality of Juuka. The success of the project could lead to an annual event. This of course requires some organization, not only from the Technical University of Eindhoven, but especially from the municipality of Juuka. They supported this vision and together we (started to) develop future ice projects for Juuka . In the winter of 2015 and 2016, I atti Tuominen was the technical Matti Tuominen was the technical foreman from Juuka. Without the help of the municipality of Juuka and the above-mentioned persons in particular, the ice projects could not have been realized. To organize a series of ice events we developed an association. The task of the association is to form a legal organization for annual ice events. The association will cooperate with the entrepreneurs, Governmental organizations, schools, universities etc. The goal of the association is to spread and stimulate similar research and experiments also to other places. 4 Y S R T R Ä U Ä C J T U R A L K I A C E - A N S S O T C I O R E N N E - W W W C . . S E T C R L U A C T U R I O M -
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