Issue 08/2025

Dear readers, concrete has become by far the most important building material in our contemporary industrial age. Its decisive advantages – its relatively high strength and durability, combined with...

Using a new holistic approach, Schöck Bauteile GmbH is focusing on fast, efficient building with flexible construction times, thus setting new standards in the construction industry: Under the...

Faster, cheaper, and more precise – that’s the current mantra in the construction industry. And this is all happening with fewer skilled workers and increasingly complex construction projects. One...

The bell tower of the Bugenhagen Church in Hanover, an extraordinary concrete building from the 1960s, has now been rehabilitated comprehensively. System solutions made by StoCretec were selected for...

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)...

As an expert in automated processes and vibration systems, Quadra designs and builds turnkey production machines for manufacturing a wide range of concrete products such as blocks, pavers, slabs,...

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 Spanish Concrete Association ANDECE regularly presents new reference projects of its member companies erected with precast elements by its member companies. The present contribution features...

The Syntheton rotor straightener with double bender, is a sophisticated processing center for reinforcing steel from coil. The patented extremely fast diameter change and the bending tool change...

With the change of the company names in the Netherlands, Great Britain and Spain, the new mission statement and the new website, PohlCon clearly expresses the focus of the company. The group of...

In Melton Mowbray (UK), FTB – a joint venture of construction giants Freyssinet, Tierra Armada, and Roger Bullivant – commissioned a brand-new, 325-meter long, high-tech precast concrete production...

Leth Beton A/S, a leading Danish company in precast concrete element production, is the first precast producer in Scandinavia who opts for a mesh welding line with integrated bending system, according...

Its light gray, acid-washed architectural concrete façade composed of large prefabricated reinforced concrete panels makes the new Wöhrl building on Ludwigsplatz in Nuremberg a striking design...

In the German Federal State of Hesse, a cement-free concrete sewer system is installed for the first time in Germany - Next.Beton. The innovation sets entirely new standards in sustainability and CO2...

Timelessly elegant surfaces with end-to-end design – this is what the Zena product range from Kann stands for. To meet the requirements of rainwater management, the Zena-Aqua permeable pavement now...

The precast plant operated by Spenner Syston GmbH is undergoing extensive modernization to make production logistics more efficient by creating clearly structured hall areas, expanding storage...

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,...

Enormous material consumption and associated carbon emissions are still the rule rather than the exception in tunnelling. The RTTS research project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic...

The newly adopted DIN 1045 generation of standards introduced cross-interface communication between all project stakeholders as a key element to ensure quality in concrete construction. Communication...

(10) WO2025048632A1(22) 30.07.2024(43) 06.03.2025(57) A void former for use in a concrete slab including a precast bottom plate. The void former comprises a first hollow body with enclosed sides of...

(10) WO2025036429A1(22) 14.08.2024(43) 20.02.2025(57) A „low-carbon“ concrete formulation exhibiting significant reduction in carbon dioxide emission without compromising the mechanical strength of...

(10) DE102023130557A1(22) 06.11.2023(43) 08.05.2025(57) Die vorliegende Erfin-dung stellt ein Verfahren zum Herstellen von Betonsteinen (1) mit einem im Wesentlichen L-förmigen Querschnitt und mit...

(10) WO2025036932A1(22) 14.08.2024(43) 20.02.2025(57) Die Erfindung betrifft einen ein Speichervolumen (2) aufweisenden Tank (1), umfassend eine Bodenplatte (3) sowie zumindest zwei erste...

(10) DE102023004452A1(22) 06.11.2023(43) 08.05.2025(57) Die Erfindung betrifft einen Betonpflasterstein als Quaderstein mit senk-rechten Zähnen an jeder Seitenwand, die mit Zähnen eines benachbarten...

(10) DE102023210465A1(22) 24.10.2023(43) 08.05.2025(57) Ein Betonfertigteil (2.1) insbesondere eine Betonfertigwand, umfasst einen Grundkörper (4) aus Beton und mindestens einen Betonersatzkörper (5a,...

(10) WO2025040622A1(22) 19.08.2024(43) 27.02.2025(57) Schalung (10) zur Herstellung von Betonbauteilen, umfassend: zumindest eine Schalungsplatte (11) und zumindest eine Heizschicht (12), die an der...

(10) DE102009022407A1(22) 25.05.2009(43) 02.12.2010(57) The panel has a form board consisting of a composite formwork part (3), a core (4) including a structural element that is provided with a...

(10) WO2025035929A1(22) 12.06.2024, (43) 20.02.2025(57) The present invention relates to the technical field of wall construction, and in particular to a prefabricated concrete retaining wall and a...

(10) CN119253500(22) 30.09.2024(43) 03.01.2025(57) The invention relates to the field of power construction, in particular to a socket-and-spigot prefabricated concrete guide pipe for a power cable...

(10) WO2025032375A1(22) 25.01.2024(43) 13.02.2025(57) The invention relates to a wall building block made by 3D concrete printing, that is formed from two panels (1, 5, 6) fastened by at least two...