Schöck

Thermal anchors reduce thermal loss

Figure: RBS wave

The façade of the new fire station consists of highly insulating, glass fiber reinforced precast concrete sandwich walls

Figure: RBS wave

Figure: Schöck Bauteile

At the precast concrete plant, the ComBar thermal anchors of Schöck are at first fixed to the insulated outer shell made of architectural concrete

Figure: Schöck Bauteile

When outer and inner concrete shell „merge“, the glass fiber rods provide for a connection of the wall elements being tension and pressure resistant

Figure: Schöck Bauteile

After inserting the corner and splice reinforcement, the wall units are installed, aligned and cast with concrete

Figure: Schöck Bauteile

Reinforcing steel, high-grade steel and glass fiber reinforcement in thermographic comparison: The Schöck ComBar thermal anchor (far right in the picture) does hardly show any thermal losses around the connecting point

Figure: Schöck Bauteile

Generating an electrical power output of 875 MW, Rheinhafen-Dampfkraftwerk (RDK - steam power plant) located in Karlsruhe is one of the medium-sized German power stations. It is operated by EnBW Erneuerbare und Konventionelle Erzeugung AG, that is also maintaining an own plant fire department due to reasons of preventive protection of fire and hazards. For the vehicles as well as rescue and emergency equipment, RBS wave GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary of EnBW, was planning a new building.

The 30m long and 20m wide fire station covers about 4,000 m³ of enclosed space. For the façade surface,...