A position paper

2017 WU Code of Practice of DAfStb

The content of the lecture is the position paper of the German Association for Concrete Components with Lattice Girders (BmG), the Bavaria Double Wall Quality Association and the Syspro Group Betonbauteile for application of the DafStb code of practice on Waterproof Concrete Structures  (WU-Richtlinie), published in the issue of December 2017.

Waterproof structures have been successfully executed with concrete for years, including applications with precast double walls. For this type of wall construction, two each concrete panels are connected with lattice girders and, at the site, cast with...

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