New binders and surface technologies

Prospects in concrete technology

With a world-wide annual production of more than 10 billion m³ and the respective surfaces, concrete has been the most frequently used building material all over the world for more than a century. This will also be true in future due to the fact that the constituents of concrete are available almost everywhere and because of its synergistic behavior in combination with reinforcing steel and its excellent price-performance ratio. Concrete does not only contribute to meet the highest structural requirements in terms of load-bearing capacity and durability, but concrete innovations even more...

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Issue 07/2009 Architectural concrete with Dyckerhoff Weiss

Design and execution of architectural concrete surfaces

The term “architectural concrete” is generally used to refer to “visually appealing concrete surfaces” [DIN 18 217], which are also termed “visible” or “exposed” surfaces. It is this visible...

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Issue 02/2014 Concept and implementation

Repair of cementitious floorings in the Stachus-Passagen mall in Munich –

To install extensive cementitious, polished concrete floors with only a few joints (terrazzo), a double-layer bonded screed is applied wet-on-wet or after hardening of the bottom layer. In the...

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Issue 09/2013

Air purification using concrete products manufactured with special cement

Nitrogen oxides (NOX) are one of the most critical groups of air pollutants in the vicinity of major urban roads. One of the options to reduce the concentration of these pollutants in the air we...

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Issue 02/2014 Why do black, colored and gray concrete block surfaces appear lighter in the course of time?

Fading concrete block surfaces –

Bonding stability of pigments in hardened cement paste The needle-shaped structures existing in the concrete block are ideal bonding spots for metal oxide pigments such as Bayferrox iron oxide...

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Issue 07/2016 Dyckerhoff

Brochure on colored architectural ­concrete surfaces

Architectural concrete gives a building “a face” and makes it unique. The new 28-page information brochure from Dycker­hoff Weiss – “Design and Construction of Colored Architectural Concrete...

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