Cost-efficient, environmentally friendly construction using prestressed concrete hollowcore slabs

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Bird’s eye view of the DW Systembau GmbH headquarters in the middle of the Lueneburg Heath

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During an architects’ seminar, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Hartmut Fach (center), Head of Communications, recently guided numerous visitors through the outdoor area ...

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... and the Brespa factory building

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A major part of the production equipment was procured from Finnish supplier Elematic

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Hartmut Fach (left) and Andreas Zalozynski (right) welcomed numerous architects and BFT editor-in-chief Silvio Schade to the seminar

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One of the many successful flagship projects is EDGE ElbSide, a striking office building in Hamburg’s HafenCity (pictured in the foreground is a Peikko Deltabeam composite girder)

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DW Systembau GmbH is a subsidiary of Consolis, a European market leader in precast concrete solutions. Just recently, BFT editor-in-chief Silvio Schade visited the climate-friendly production of Brespa prestressed concrete hollowcore slabs at the DW headquarters in Schneverdingen, Northern Germany.

DW Systembau GmbH is a subsidiary of Consolis SAS, the European market leader in precast concrete solutions employing about 8,800 people and operating 20 companies in 17 countries. In 2021, the group generated 1.1 billion euros in revenue. DW Systembau has been manufacturing Brespa precast prestressed concrete hollowcore slabs in Schneverdingen in the middle of the Lueneburg Heath since 1986.

The business employs about 100 people who produce approximately 400,000 m² of Brespa slabs per year, generating an annual revenue of about 25 million euros. More specifically, about 10,000 m² of...