Issue 06/2010

Dear Reader, We – and in particular the concrete technologists among us – are very familiar, both with the concept fly ash and with the material of...

› Wagener & Polascheck presented a new load transmission system for manhole constructions. The system bearing the name „Idla^® click 3punktplus“...

› A couple of years ago the young Danish Engineer Christoffer Dupont came up with the idea of embedding optical fibers into concrete and thereby...

› Peikko Group launches a new product for the connection of pre-cast wall elements. The “PVL” single wire connection loop is – according to the...

› While it has been normal for the companies for many years to obtain quotations for the electricity supply from competing companies by calling for...

› In 2009, PBM in Malataverne, France, commissioned the first circulation line for the manufacture of noise barriers and special precast components....

› Latitude 45°47‘7“S; longitude 67°27‘55“W; and elevation 58 m MSL are the geographic data of Comodoro Rivadavia city, in Argentina – one of the...

› The successful talks with one of the largest investors in the construction sector in the Krasnodar region led to the delivery of another turnkey...

› Glass was established in 1948 as a building contracting company that over the years developed into a group of companies offering a range of...

› Precast concrete garages are increasingly popular. To ensure that the garage shells are cast in high quality, good concrete compaction is one of...

› The new plant for the production of precast prestressed elements was opened on 16 April 2010 in Zutendaal, Belgium. Its output amounts to 730,000...

› This year’s bauma started with several question marks: Would the exhibitors respond with strict austerity programs to the crisis also when it comes...

› On 10 March 2010, a Colloquium at the Regensburg University of Applied Sciences informed about new developments in construction materials rheometry...

› bauma 2010 is over, and all exhibitors are fully focused on their day-to-day business again. Although the flight ban imposed on most parts of...