Precast retrospective

The Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Sydney Opera House, the 30 St Mary Axe in London most recently, and Burj Khalifa in Dubai – all of these buildings are true landmarks of their cities. They stand for power, size and progress, or at least make a claim to them. However, the famous architecture icons have yet another significance – i.e., quite a concrete one, for the respective regional economy: they attract millions of travelers every year, who then spend their vacation money right there.

Since this fall, Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city, has a new...

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Issue 03/2010 Journey into the land of superlatives 

BDB/BFT study trip to Dubai

In addition to the visit to three concrete plants, tours of the BIG 5 trade fair and of the city of Dubai, devoted exclusively to the local construction activities, were on the group’s itinerary....

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Issue 09/2017 DMG EVENTS/BETONTAGE

The Big 5 Dubai with Precast Summit for the first time

An offshoot of Europe‘s leading event for the precast industry, namely the BetonTage congress, will be held as part of The Big 5 show in Dubai for the first time. The offshoot is called „Innovation...

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Issue 06/2015 Letter to the Editor/Leserbrief

Regarding the “Real progress” editorial, BFT International, 04/2015

Dear Mr. Jahn, In your editorial in the current issue of the BFT journal, you write about the egalitarian-inflationary usage of the word “innovation.” This is certainly thought-provoking. Is simply...

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Issue 08/2017

Special precast components custom-made from Westphalia

Stanecker Betonfertigteilwerk GmbH, the precast concrete factory located in the Westphalian village of Borchen near Paderborn, right next to the federal highway A33, is manufacturing special precast...

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The Big5 Show in Dubai

BFT INTERNATIONAL crowned anniversary year

As usual, all sectors of the construction industry were represented at the exhibition area in Dubai: ranging from the door handle to the excavator or from the building materials to the building...

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