Learning from the neighbor
Sometimes we need only to travel abroad to find the answer to a seemingly unsolvable problem at home. This year’s study tour to the Netherlands organized by a German vocational training institute provided possible solutions to a number of pressing questions in Germany. For example: how to quickly replace hundreds of dilapidated in-situ concrete bridges in Germany? For bridge construction, the pragmatic Dutch put their money on precast elements. This enables fast construction of giant structures. And how can thousands of refugees and other people in Germany in need of social housing quickly get...
