Strong concrete
Large parts of Europe are currently suffering under the unusually long heat of this summer. Farmers are already beginning to make initial forecasts of harvest and income losses. A number of railway companies have had problems with the air-conditioning in their trains that caused health problems to some passengers und even led to evacuation of passengers in some trains.
Other reports concern the construction sector. In some media one can read and hear that the heat causes damage to concrete. One finds such formulations as “old concrete can’t stand the heat” or “concrete slabs become detached due...
