Changes in the current use of concrete materials and design approaches are mandatory in order to comply with the requirements imposed on future sustainable concrete structures. Before this background,...

Some 13,000 vehicles roll over the asphalt on working days on the German federal motorway A27 between its Nordholz and Altenwalde junctions, including around 1,000 trucks weighing over 3.5 tons. In...

The South African Concrete Manufactures Association (CMA) member, Terraforce, has scored another notable offshore retaining wall success. Its Terraforce L12 rock-face Concrete Retaining Blocks (CRBs)...

Architectural concrete is enjoying increasing popularity in the architectural design of buildings. Concrete release agents are available for this purpose, which, in addition to ordinary formwork...

In the spring of 2024, Würschum GmbH successfully installed and put into operation a new Mini-Com 10-8 high-precision, 8-color granule metering system at Woehe & Heydemann GmbH & Co. KG in Kummerfeld,...

The Monk structure, which regulates the outflow of Lake Wiesensee in the Westerwald area of Germany, required renewal because the stability of the dam was at risk. A complex structure made of precast...

Ever-increasing heavy-vehicle traffic often causes severe damage to the shoulders of country roads, junctions and traffic circles. For such cases, the special blocks of the Stradafino series from FCN...

Tor Alva (“The White Tower”) is the tallest 3D-printed building in the world. This tower was designed for the Origen cultural foundation in collaboration with ETH Zurich and has recently been...

Located in Munich’s Werksviertel district, a former industrial and commercial site, the three iCampus buildings introduce a new office typology to the neighborhood. The façades of the Alpha, Beta and...

MABA Fertigteilindustrie GmbH, a company of the Kirchdorfer Concrete Solutions Group, began production of 43,000 reinforced-concrete segments for the 8.6-km Wiental River Canal. The 270-million euro...

With its sustainable technology and strategic investments, E. Victor Meyer demonstrates how innovation and efficiency can go hand in hand in the construction sector. The use of state-of-the-art...

At Jasto Baustoffwerke, a comprehensive modernization project, implemented in 2016, gave rise to the commissioning of a new color metering system of H. Scholz, that convinces by its performance and...

Precast concrete slabs, beams and stairs supplied by Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) member, Cape Concrete Works, are being used for the construction of Glenwood Estate, a secure residential...

In May 2025, international precast professionals met at the Technical University of Munich to hold the spring session of fib Commission 6 “Prefabrication”. Fib, the Fédération Internationale du Béton...

Vollert celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025 - and continues to shape the future. The theme of the anniversary year is ‚Empowering Tomorrow‘ and the heavy-duty experts have no shortage of ideas...

The company wbr Rohr- und Bauelemente GmbH, located in Ölbronn-Dürrn in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, can look back with pride and gratitude on a quarter-century success story. Since...