Issue 05/2010

The new Tyrol Department Store in Innsbruck opened its doors at the beginning of March. If one believes the press releases, the choice of material for...

ú There is an urgent need for rehabilitation or complete renewal of an increasing number of water and sewage pipes due to old age and/or owing to...

ú The manufacture of precast concrete components in vibrating molds followed by in-mold curing is a time-tested production method that – thanks to the...

ú The Precast Show 2010 brought the industry’s manufacturers and suppliers to the Phoenix Convention Center Feb. 18–20, for three days of trade show...

ú Due to the high level of CO2 emissions and scarcity or raw materials involved in the production of cement, ways are being sought to reduce the...

ú With the new trailer for transporting building materials Ackermann has not only put on wheels a lightweight of less than three instead of the more...

ú The Blaubeuren-based company BFS Betonfertigteil- systeme GmbH has developed a new technique for the production of monolithic concrete manhole bases...

ú The combination of spiked roller and pusher is the dosing system that Weckenmann recommends for most kinds of concreting

ú For tubbing construction of tunnels the fastening system for embedded parts always has to be taken into account too. For this purpose, anchor...

ú Depending on the material and the kind of use, production boards made of wood or plastics wear out as a result of abrasion at the surface. Owing to...

ú In deciding to invest in a Bibko residual concrete recy-cling plant, West Hawaii Concrete has taken a trend-setting decision for the Kailua Kona...

ú “There is a lot of money lying on a construction site” – this is the phrase to outline the findings of the study „construction site management:...

ú Sustainable procurement, especially in the public sector, will become a common practice in the years to come. The construction sector/build...

ú At bauma 2010 Schlüsselbauer showcased the latest development in waste water pipes – Perfect Pipe. This pipe construction system for waste water and...

ú In the summer of 2008, the Danish family enterprise Ambercon in Støvring near Aalborg commissioned a new tilting table production plant. Avermann...

ú Alongside the Precast show in Phoenix, Arizona a plant tour to the nearby pipe producing plant has been organized. Visitors had the chance to take a...

ú All grease separators are based on the same separation principles and are of similar design. Important criteria for comparing the different systems...

ú The Dream is a precast concrete sculpture over 20 m high, on the site of an old coal mine near St Helens in Lancashire, UK. It is a memorial to the...

ú Al Rashed Peikko LLC, a 50-50 joint venture of Peikko Group Oy of Finland and Rashed Al Rashed & Sons Group of Saudi Arabia, was founded in summer...

ú On the occasion of the network meeting of the BDB at the end of October 2009 Progress Group invited the 30 participants to visit the company‘s...

ú Vario-Flash, a new system for load securing on low-bed trailers was announced by the manufacturer as a ground-breaking novelty. In addition, two new...

ú A staircase made of concrete leads visitors and employees of the Lafarge factory in Wössingen/Germany up to the first floor of the new...

ú Klaus Hufnagl Betonwaren GmbH uses precast solid wall elements manufactured in the own factory from the bottom plate up to the roof ridge in the...

ú As an innovation among the stone clamps Hunklinger located in Siegsdorf, Upper Bavaria, presented the stone clamp S1000 for the first time at bauma...

Concrete elements for creating a section of a traffic area of concrete Betonelemente zur Bildung eines aus Beton bestehenden Abschnitts einer...