Issue 10/2014

Every two years in Germany, thousands of trade visitors attend the Gala-Bau Trade Show in Nuremberg to learn about future trends in garden design and...

The Austrian company Prangl and Faymonville have been closely collaborating in the semi-trailer sector for special and heavy-haul transports already...

“The production of molds may not be too difficult” – this were the first words of the present general manager and graduated mechanical engineer,...

October 24, 2014 will be an important event of the industry market – the 10th Anniversary of Techmatik SA. This day the Polish company expects guests...

BASF inaugurated its new production plant for concrete admixtures in Kenya. There, BASF produces standard and custom-made performance ­admixtures from...

Modular precast concrete units made by Haitsma Beton are partly used for the construction of the new penitentiary building in the Dutch municipality...

Following the takeover of Zenith, which looks after more than 7,000 customers worldwide, the name Q & G Maschinenbau is changed with immediate effect...

Tracking closely with the overall growth in the construction industry, the precast concrete sector grew by 5.2 % in 2013, with total sales of...

According to the management of Glatthaar-Fertigkeller GmbH the building owner couple Schmitz from Remagen in Germany has luckily received the 40,000th...

On Friday, 22 August 2014, Besser proudly celebrated its 110th anniversary, 60 years of education and 10 years as an employee-owned company.  Over...

The Kerrie Murphy Building at the International Grammar School (IGS) in Sydney is a simple building; one that does not boast to be better than its...

In the Upper Austrian city of Perg Habau is operating one of the most efficient precast concrete factories of the country. The company is producing...

A workforce of more than 270 qualified people worldwide and an export share of 85 % are the best evidence that plants and machines from Vollert...

Until recently, most complex industrial buildings in Chile used to be built from steel. However, there is a trend to now build them in precast

In 2015, Ibausil, the International Conference on Building Materials, will take place in Weimar already for the 19th time. Headed by the Director of...

The Concrete Show 2014 took place in Brazil just a few weeks after the final whistle ended the FIFA World Cup, and nearly two years before the Olympic...

Peikko launches a new CE-marked lifting system on the market under the name Colift. This jacking device enables simple and time-saving erection of...

Cracks, from a certain width, diminish the serviceability of a structural member to the point of danger of collapse. Repair by crack injection, where...

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(10) DE 10 2013 201 732 A1 (22) 04.02.2013 (43) 07.08.2014 (71) Baumeister & Sapper Engineering Ltd., 41844, Wegberg, DE (57) Die Erfindung betrifft einen Bausatz (10) zur Montage von Gebäuden in Fertigteilbauweise, mit mindestens zwei vorgefertigten Wandelementen (12), in die jeweils mindestens ein durchgängiger Schacht (14) integriert ist und/oder durch die ein durchgängiger Schacht (14) durch aneinander stoßende Seitenränder zweier Wandelemente (12) gebildet ist. Die Erfindung betrifft ferner ein Verfahren zur Montage eines ein- oder mehrgeschossigen Gebäudes anhand eines derartigen Bausatzes (10) und/oder anhand derartiger Wandelemente (12) mit den folgenden Verfahrensschritten: Einführen der Schächte (14) der Wandelemente (12) in aus einer Grundplatte (30)...

The newly built Ebensfeld-Erfurt line is designed for a maximum speed of 300 km/h. The components of the FF Bögl ­system from Max Bögl that are...

The Ukrainian construction company KhmelnizkZalisoBeton (“KHM”) – produces hollow core slabs with a Finnish extruder production line, and reinforced...

Echo Prestress hollow-core concrete slabs, in combination with structural steel frames and raft foundations, were used for the fast-track construction...

To study the effect that mineral admixtures have on superplasticizers performance, the rheology of different grouts has been studied. This study...

Directly adjacent to the “Ohligsmühle” stop of the aerial tramway in the German city of Wuppertal, a prestigious office building with a gross floor...

Permeable interlocking concrete paving is a prominent landscaping feature at Alchemy Architects’ new office premises in Johannesburg, South