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FOREWORD | VORWORTE

PLENUM 2 | PLENUM 2

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Concrete standards" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Practice-driven requirements

The further development of construction material, taking into account environmental policy and economic conditions, has now turned concretes into...

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PANEL 1 | PODIUM 1

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Application-oriented research for concrete

Research for new markets

High-performance concretes

High-performance concrete as a challenge " src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Ultra-high performance concretes (UHPCs) are building materials with...

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Theoretical foundations and practical examples

Highly ductile concrete with short fibers

Brief description of the material " src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Highly ductile concretes reinforced with short fibers are cement-bound...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />The sustainable concrete of the future " src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

New limitations and concepts

Initial situation The concept of sustainability refers to the use of a regenerative system in such a way that this system is preserved with respect to...

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Production of high-performance concretes to specification

Rheology-based mixing process management

Rationale " src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />High-performance concretes (HPCs) are becoming increasingly attractive in construction practice due...

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PANEL 2 | PODIUM 2

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Consequences for the construction of block pavements" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

RStO 2012

Multibord

Multibord

In a joint project, IAB Weimar gGmbH, OBB Beton- und Bau GmbH and WBB Straßen- & Tiefbau Marksuhl GmbH developed a multifunctional, retrofittable curb...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Parameters for design practice" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

How much rainwater is seeping through concrete pavers?

Nowadays, paved areas are found on almost every plot of land, ranging from slab pavements with relatively low permeability to “green” pavements that...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Modeling and measuring for the Hohenheimer Strasse model project in Stuttgart, Germany " src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Photocatalysis in concrete terms

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Manufacturers of concrete products have been working with photocatalytically active surfaces for a number of...

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Road, landscape and garden construction

PANEL 3 | PODIUM 3

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />A perfect architectural concrete example" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Tour Total Berlin

Production report by Dreßler Bau GmbH The facade of the 17-story German headquarters of French oil corporation Total is not just an “off-the-shelf”...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />New EN 13369" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Product standards for precast concrete elements

The number of European product standards for precast concrete elements has been increased to 40 by now. On one side it demonstrates the high...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />A defect despite passed freeze-thaw test?" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Spalling above intact near-surface aggregate particles?

Depending on the exposure class, commonly applied concrete codes and standards specify the characteristics for raw materials and limit values for the...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />A means to shorten construction" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" /> time per story" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

TaunusTurm Frankfurt – precast elements in high-rise construction

Project description A new high-rise building, the TaunusTurm, is currently being constructed in Frankfurt am Main, situated in a city-center location...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Bases for the sustainability assessment of construction works" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for cement and concrete

Quantified environmental information about the construction products used is required to assess the environmental sustainability of construction...

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PANEL 4 | PODIUM 4

PANEL 5 | PODIUM 5

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />The ESSB Building in Vancouver, Canada" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Timber-concrete composite structures used in seismic regions

Timber-concrete composite floors are often used to meet particularly demanding structural specifications or to provide a high degree of insulation....

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Current findings with respect to the XF2 freeze/thaw test method" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Freeze/thaw resistance at moderate water saturation levels

Generally accepted, internationally recognized methods (CIF and CDF) exist for testing the freeze/thaw resistance of concrete at high water saturation...

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From research to practice

PANEL 6 | PODIUM 6

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Prestressed hollow core slabs" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Reduced shear resistance on flexible supports

In structural engineering ceilings affect both the building technique and the economic construction. Using precast prestressed hollow core slabs meets...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Precast floor slabs with an in-situ concrete toping" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Verification of the lap joint detailing

Two-way precast floor slabs require an overlapping joint of the load carrying reinforcement in both directions. As the overlapping reinforcement lies...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Behavior of biaxially restrained precast slabs in torsion" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

New findings from tests and numerical simulations

For several decades, precast slabs with cast-in-situ infills have been successfully used in building construction and, more recently, in civil...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Reinforcing steel in coils" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Current specifications and new developments

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Reinforcing steel in coils has been produced since the mid-1980s and is used and processed at bending shops...

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PANEL 7 | PODIUM 7

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Lightweight aerated mortar from the truck mixer" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Free from polystyrene and recyclable

Insulating materials provide heat-insulating and/or soundproofing properties and have a thermal conductivity " src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />λ

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Lightweight concrete

PANEL 8 | PODIUM 8

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Cast stone

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Case examples, practical guidance" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Preventing damages at concrete cast stone laying

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Apart from ceramic and natural stone coverings, concrete cast stone materials are also used again and again...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />BUGA Koblenz 2011 and IGS Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg 2013" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

On the contemporary use of traditional materials

A fair share of visitors to a gardening exhibition expect to get familiar with new materials for outdoor spaces and their fields of use. When looking...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Autostadt Wolfsburg" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Design of Porsche Pavilion

Volkswagen AG presents itself and the brands under the umbrella of the parent company − Volkswagen Group − (Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati,...

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PANEL 9 | PODIUM 9

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Reinforcement technique" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Installation of reinforcement and concrete

The regulations familiar until now on the installation of concrete and reinforcement – most recently gone into effect as exclusively valid for Germany...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Evaluation and choice of suitable measures of protection " src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Chemical attack on concrete

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Acceptance of structural concrete components" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Legal point of view

PANEL 10 | PODIUM 10

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Constraint actions in building construction" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Implications for monolithic structures

Buildings are subject to a wide range of constraint forces as a result of their distinct statically indeterminate structure and their complex, mostly...

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Concrete in Structural Engineering

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Experimental studies

Summary Based on a research project conducted by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG - German Research Foundation) that had been concluded already,...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Design of concrete floor slabs" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Need for classification of concrete floors to prevent defects

The mere description “concrete floor” in a technical specification is just as meaningless as the designation “fair-faced concrete” for specifying the...

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PANEL 11 | PODIUM 11

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Pipeline construction and drainage technology

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Effects on calculation and dimensioning of pipes and manholes made of concrete and reinforced concrete" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

From DIN 1045-1 to Eurocode 2

Apart from the descriptions, the concrete properties have been adapted in EC2 on a Europe-wide basis. Whereas there is a minor change in the mean...

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" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Sustainable maintenance of the wastewater system in Germany" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />

Positive incentives for sewer construction

The functions of wastewater systems are handling, collection and treatment of wastewater. For this purpose, their hydraulic dimensions have to be...

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PANEL 12 | PODIUM 12

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Small wastewater treatment systems

NEWS | NACHRICHTEN

Remmers Baustofftechnik GmbH

Building protection at Bau 2013

The wide variety of topics presented at the fair BAU attracts visitors from all over the world. A characteristic that also applies to the portfolio of...

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Sika Deutschland GmbH

Product Finder App

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Who is not familiar with the situation: having to carry thick product catalogs and data sheets to the...

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Nemetschek Engineering/SAA/Prilhofer Consulting

Excellent start in Singapore

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />The success of the Engineering Days in Vienna and the up-and-coming precast parts market in the Far East gave...

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Notes | Für Sie notiert

Probst Greiftechnik Verlegesysteme GmbH

Trade fair booths all over the world

„The Big 5 Show“ took place in Dubai in November as every year. This is the leading trade fair for the building and construction industry of the...

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Products | Produkte

Pfeifer Seil- und Hebetechnik GmbH

50 years of thread systems

For the past 50 years, Pfeifer has been supplying industrially manufactured lifting anchors to the precast construction industry. Thread systems...

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Production today | Produktion heute

Yapi Merkezi Prefabrikasyon A.Ş.

Holistic design through prefabrication

The conceptual plans of an academic center for nanotechnology research at Sabanci University in Tuzla, about 50 km southeast of Istanbul close to the...

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Product | Produkt

Dennert Poraver GmbH

All-round quality at ECS 2013

" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />Dennert Poraver GmbH" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />" src="/image/icon_closedtag_mini.gif" />...

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EVENTS | VERANSTALTUNGEN

PATENTS | PATENTE