KLEIHUES/FBS

Rectangular concrete pipes for infrastructure duct

At the Melaten Campus of RWTH Aachen University, the Aachen branch of the North Rhine-Westphalianbuilding and real estate management agency plans to build a new center of digitally networked manufacturing, complete with installing the required infrastructure and clearing the Steinbachstrasse site. Rectangular reinforced-concrete elements and cast-in-place structures were specified for constructing this media duct.

The Tholen GmbH group of companies was commissioned with the civil and ducting works. Dipl.-Ing. Michael Tholen, the group’s managing director and site manager, says: “For structural...

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