After a delay of one and a half years caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the 23rd BIBM Congress took place in Copenhagen from 14 to 16 November 2021. Bureau International du Béton Manufacturé (BIBM),...

“Take it easy like Pelousen Jätte – one of the Vårbergs Giants – that is as of recently now resting on a lawn in Stockholm and on which people are encouraged to romp around on,” as aptly titled by...

Architectural highlights increase the attractiveness of residential buildings for customers. However, it is often done without so as not to strain the construction budget. A clever solution was found...

The new city hall ensemble in the center of the city of Korbach, in the German State of Hesse, was recently completed. The façade elements of the new main building were constructed of recycled...

For a long time, sugar has been known to have an impact on delaying the process of cement setting and hardening. There is little data contained in the literature on this subject and it is often...

Founded in 1992, Crezza S.r.l, started operating on the market of precast concrete elements destined for the infrastructure sector. It offers a wide range of products, such as certified concrete road...

Cortec Corporation is proud to announce that its MCI-2005 is the first biobased, organic corrosion inhibiting concrete admixture that passes the ASTM G180 protocol under ISO 17025 accredited...

Euro Steel was established as the primary supplier of the reinforcing needs to the Euro Precast business by introducing a new mesh welding plant with a bending machine supplied by Progress Maschinen...

The world of gardening and landscape construction is the most important pillar of Baustoffwerk Altendorf K. Röckelein GmbH & Co KG. Modern and classic paving blocks in fanciful shapes, colors and...

There is currently a lack of basic knowledge regarding the structural behavior of ultra-light mineral foams used in precast sandwich walls. To close this gap, this article discusses and analyzes...

“Building more sustainably with concrete” is the heading under which the 66th edition of the BetonTage congress will take place from 22 to 24 February 2022 at Congress Centrum Ulm/Hotel Maritim. The...

Olthof Groep BV in Sappemeer, the Netherlands, is a family business owned by the Olthof brothers. They have grown into a major player in the production of concrete, precast concrete elements,...

Hollow core slabs are prestressed and precast concrete elements, manufactured using long line steel casting beds. They are typically 1200mm wide (but can range from 600mm – 2400mm) and between 150mm –...

The company Celulcon is a renowned producer of autoclaved-aerated concrete (AAC) in southern Brazil. Its market share is rising continuously, resulting in the need to utilize all optimization...

Challenging framework conditions call for intelligent solutions. Many manufacturers of AAC products then either focus on extending their initial range of products or on improving production sequences....

Dragados UK & Ireland, a construction branch of the Spanish ACS Group, is using mixing technology from BHS-Sonthofen to produce concrete in the £350 million expansion of Aberdeen Harbour in Scotland....

The Department of Architecture at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Art in Germany is known for its creative handling of concrete as construction material. Here, teachers again and again...