Dyckerhoff

Focal point on questions of safety and quality

At this year’s Dyckerhoff Weiss Cast Stone Convention, which took place in late April in Wiesbaden, Germany, the focus was on questions and solutions concerning issues of safety and quality. In addition, opportunities were examined for solutions offered by construction chemistry for application with concrete products and precast concrete elements – as well as possibilities concerning the topics of slip resistance and color deviation. Not least, participants profited from the presentation of a very special kind of precast-concrete reference project in the form of the interior façades of the new...

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