Issue 09/2012

„Applied construction research to improve the efficiency in the precast industry“ is this year‘s slogan of the international trade conference of IFF...

The innovative product line DaCapo provides furniture for open spaces and gardens expressing the esthetic character, usefulness and sustainability in...

A new strategic investor has rescued the concrete plant supplier Nuspl Maschinenbau from insolvency. With effect from September 1st, 2012, Vollert...

The rubble stone product line „Nostalgie-Mauer“ (nostalgic wall) of Jasto is a concrete product colored in a naturally appearing shade of gray. After...

Peikko comes out with a new punching and shear reinforcement system called “PSB-F”, which is especially designed for the requirements of precast...

The 10th International Conference for Concrete Block Pavers, ICCBP 2012, will take place in Shanghai/China from 24 to 26 November 2012. BFT...

In the spring the new headquarters of RAG Montan Immobilien was inaugurated on a UNESCO world heritage site in Essen/Germany. A special highlight of...

The German Water Framework Directive requires achie­vement of a “good status of water bodies” by the year 2015. To achieve this goal, the restitution...

On the basis of the design proposed by award-winning architects Barkow Leibinger, the „Tour Total“ office building is being constructed behind Berlin...

As of 1 July 2013, in accor-dance with the Construction Products Regulation that will enter into force on that day, all testing and certification...

153 patents, 43 awards and 1.012 research reports - this is the proud record of the IFF Weimar research institute (Wei-mar Institute for Precast...

As of August 01, 2012, Danilo Buscaglia took the lead of Lafarge’s management in Germany. Thus, he became successor of Ulrich Aumüller, who will...

Oliver Tack (45) took over the position as commercial manager/finance director at Reuss-Seifert as of July 2, 2012. Having graduated in Business...

The order situation of the Australian construction industry has improved considerably. Till 2013 significant growth is predicted to most of the...

In a setting very close to reality, students of the renowned ChulalongkornUniversity in Bangkok use a simulation plant to learn more about the...

German chemical company BASF has opened its first production plant for concrete admixtures in Russia located at its existing site in the Podolsk...

Reinforced concrete sandwich facades can make a major contribution toward achieving a high energy efficiency standard of buildings. In this respect,...

In Africa cement and concrete technology do not have a similarly long lasting tradition as in many nations of the northern hemisphere. However, the...

368,000 pavers manufactured by German precast producer Klostermann were transported to Canada in containers by truck, ship and train. Today, they add...

From February 05 to 07, 2013, everything will again concentrate on the building material concrete at the Edwin-Scharff-Haus Conference Center in...

(10) WO 2012/089944 A1 (22) 31.08.2011 (43) 05.07.2012 (71) LAFARGE [FR/FR]; 61 Rue des Belles Feuilles, F-75116 Paris (FR). (57) The present...

(10) WO 2012/095338 A1 (22) 4. Januar 2012 (43) 19. Juli 2012 (71) KHD HUMBOLDT WEDAG GMBH [DE/DE]; Colonia-Allee 3, 51067 Köln (DE). (57) Abstract:...

(10)  US 2012/0190769 A1 (22) Mar. 30, 2012 (43) Jul. 26, 2012 (73) HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US) (57) Methods and compositions...