Heidelberger Beton

Simply Red – deep red in the cowshed

A farmer in the Bavarian city of Markt Beratzhausen in the rural district of Regensburg in Germany matched the color of his technical systems with the color of the construction material for his new cowshed. Both the milking robot and the concrete for the enclosure were colored in deep red.

Before beginning with the construction of the new shed – 28 x 53 m in size and with a fully automatic milking system and free cow traffic – it was necessary to satisfy numerous regulations. The farmer Konrad Koller, also the project client, explained some of these regulations: “The corridors between the...

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