“Rethinking Sustainability” is the motto the 69th BetonTage. The leading congress of the concrete and precast industry will take place from 11 to 13 March 2025 in the Congress Centrum Ulm. It will...

A fascinating work of art is raising at Europaplatz in St. Pölten since September 2024 – it is far more than just an aesthetic enrichment of the cityscape. The so-called „Windfänger“ (vestibule), a...

Since the adoption of the Federal Climate Change Act in 2019, with requiring climate neutrality in Germany by 2045, the requirements on producers of semi-precast concrete elements have increased too....

Over the past three years, the ReCyCONtrol research consortium, which receives funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, has developed a completely new approach to producing fresh...

Sebastian Müller AG, based in Rickenbach in the canton of Lucerne in German-speaking Switzerland, is specialized in the manufacture of concrete products for the building, civil engineering, road...

Load-bearing capacity and likewise high thermal insulation need not be mutually exclusive. This is proven by the new „KLB Wabenstein“ hollow block of the renowned lightweight concrete manufacturer KLB...

We previously featured the Sustainable Precast Certification (SPC) program that supports the industry on its route toward a sustainable future in our April 2024 issue. At the general meeting of Bund...

The first part of this article published in the BFT 12/2024 issue dealt with fasteners exposed to fatigue loading and explained how to determine their characteristic fatigue resistance. The second...

The approximately 360 precast industry experts attending Engineering Days 2024 at Salzburg Congress are optimistic about the future of prefabrication. On November 26 and 27, the participants discussed...

In the last few decades, Rembeck has established itself as a leading company in the field of building with precast concrete elements in Southern Bavaria. The company had already invested in equipment...

Pioneer for innovative fiber composite solutionsCG Tec Carbon und Glasfasertechnik GmbH based in Spalt near Nuremberg looks back on successful and over 25 years of company history as a technology...

The market leader for the production of a wide range of precast concrete elements, based near Tbilisi in Caucasian Georgia, has purchased the newly developed ERM-ECO welding line from Austrian machine...

Betonwerk Carl Plötner GmbH, a renowned supplier for high-quality concrete products, has further increased the efficiency and quality of its concrete mixing plants. For the modernization of the face...

The Thomas Group is one of the largest medium-sized family-run companies in the building materials sector in Germany. It offers its customers precast elements, ready-mixed concrete and cement for the...

It was only recently that A2C Préfa, a leading French precast concrete producer, has modernized the production technology at its Sivry-Courtry factory. Above all, Teka France played a leading role,...

In renovating culverts, the focus as a rule is on one central objective: to disrupt rail service as little as possible, keeping rail-traffic possession times to a minimum. For this purpose, project...