Issue 11/2009

Dear Reader,While thousands once again streamed to the Oktoberfest in Munich, I attended a seminar at the GermanPress Academy in the city. How does...

ú Düsseldorf, the capital city of Germany’s federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, is currently in the process of giving fresh impetus to its urban...

ú The 3rd RILEM International Symposium on Rheology of Cement Suspensions was held within the “Week of Rheology” from the 19th to the 21st of August...

ú At the beginning of September, the 14th LPI Symposium took place in the Dutch city of Ede. On the topic of „concrete manufacturing“ the organizer,...

ú The portable document format (PDF) is an important standard for communication and exchange of documents as well as drawings. Even more options are...

ú On September 11, the new building for the ITA – Institut für Textilforschung (institute for textile research) in Aachen was inaugurated. On the...

ú The new development of the RMM multifunction machine aimed at integrating the wide range of final products as well as short cycle and set-up times...

ú In 1946, Georg Hebnes established the company Skjæveland Cementstøperi AS in Sandnes, Norway. The site near Stavanger enables the transport of...

ú The Bandra Worli Sealink Project in Mumbai, India, is an eight lane 3.7 km long offshore road viaduct west of the Mumbai Peninsula, which will, once...

ú In Hallsberg, Sweden, Meag VA-System AB set up its Perfect manhole base production line in summer 2009. Apart from the excellent product quality,...

ú Chamtech Systems (Montreal, Canada) manufactures the Rollcov-RTM retractable curing system. This system was developed, primarily, for the outdoor...

ú The ever-stricter requirements imposed on heat insulation, the thermal benefits of solid building materials (in particular aerated concrete) and the...

ú Very green the site is not. But after 56 consecutive days of maximum temperatures of around 37° C this is no wonder. Recently a state-of-the-art...

ú “The fundamental idea of a tunnel for otters arose due to the fact that the existing tube passage was permanently blocked with branches and leaves....