Issue 03/2014

At the recent BetonTage held in the German city of Neu-Ulm, it became clearly evident that there is no shortage of good innovative products among the...

The 19th Holcim Concrete Conference at ETH Zurich focused on the importance of concrete. The earliest evidence of concrete was found in present-day...

For redesigning the built-in units for the historical library project “Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen,” the architectural firm of gäbele & raufer architects BDA had initially envisioned smooth architectural concrete walls with flush-mounted ornamental forms. Architect Lukas Gäbele: “To implement this, it would have been necessary to have an industrial fleeced fabric manufactured; and the...

In January, Dr. Klaus P. Strautmann, managing director of Langendorf, and D. K. Pek, managing director of Jet-Scan Pte Ltd, signed a collaboration...

On 18 February 2014, the Innovation Prize for Structural Concrete Products of the Supplier Industry was awarded to two winners at the same time. BASF...

On the 110th anniversary of the Klostermann concrete plant, Managing Director Peter Klostermann, after nearly four decades at the helm of the company,...

The new secondary school in the Southern French municipality of Sérignan impresses by its fair-faced concrete façade. The relief of the same depicts...

The German BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in collaboration with the German Metrology Institute (PTB) are organising an...

Betonwerk Münstermann, the concrete factory based in the Westphalian city of Gütersloh, has recently upgraded its production equipment by a new block...

For the construction of the 32.9 km long Koralm railway tunnel, the Austrian National Railways (ÖBB) decided to use the excavated materials for...

Numerous German plants are currently being modernized to create a distinct competitive edge in the precast

The “Kokon” (Cocoon) complex of office buildings located in the Principality of Liechtenstein uses state-of-the-art core-activated concrete floors and...

The dual event comprising the annual membership meeting of the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) and the first edition of the trade show...

The wish of architects and clients for unusual design possibilities for external façades has increased enormously in recent years. One possibility for...

Impregnations with a permanent anti-graffiti effect are suitable for almost all demands on concrete surfaces. Several example projects, such as...

So far, the so-called kneading-bag test was used in order to determine the setting point tE of concrete. For this purpose, the worker fills a small...

The new “Tronsole” impact sound protection program from Schöck, the building component supplier, is now available from the special building products...

Owing to the fact that clamp silos have to be reliable in the long-term, a new, nation-wide ordinance on facilities for handling substances hazardous...

When concrete comes into contact with especially aggressive liquids or types of air as occurs, for example, in wastewater, its otherwise high...

bim+, the open, web-based BIM platform provided to the construction industry by the Nemetschek brand of the same name, launches a free BIM entry...

One of the highlights of the new Strakon 2014 version is its 3D reinforcement design tool. The primary focus of the developers at software supplier...

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(10) DE 10 2012 106 083 A1 (22) 06.07.2012 (43) 09.01.2014 (71) Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 76131, Karlsruhe, DE (57) Zusammenfassung:...

(10) DE 10 2012 106 462 A1 (22) 18.07.2012 (43) 23.01.2014 (71) Dätwyler Sealing Technologies Deutschland GmbH, 31832, Springe, DE (57)...

(10) DE 10 2012 211 659 A1 (22) 04.07.2012 (43) 09.01.2014 (71) Betonwerk Neu-Ulm GmbH & Co. KG, 89233, Neu-Ulm, DE (57) Zusammenfassung:...

(10) EP 1 793 056 81 (22) 27.05.2004 (45) 15.01.2014 Patentblatt 2014/03 (73) Peca Verbundtechnik GmbH 94339 Leiblfing

(10) EP 2 239 119 B1 (22) 07.04.2010 (43) 13.10.2010 Patentblatt 2010/41 (45) 01.01.2014 Patentblatt 2014/01 (73) Friedrich, Thomas 54470...

(10) WO 2014/014158 Al (22) 22.08.2012 (43) 23.01.2014 (71) SEN VEX CO.,LTD, 204, Seoul (KR) (57) The present invention relates to a prefabricated...

Gigantic construction work was known to be underway in southern Russian Sochi already many months before the mega event Olympic Winter Games 2014 were...