Issue 03/2015

The telephone rings in the editorial office. The caller, a journalist, has read that concrete contributes to sustainable building already now and...

In the German municipality Diessen am Ammersee, the architects Axel Tilch and Gisela Drexler have built a residential house that is suitable for many...

KLB, manufacturer of lightweight concrete masonry units and wall systems, offers the high-performance wall system „Trio-therm“ for functional walls:...

Bernd Ising strengthens the organizational unit Concrete Technology at Mapei since 01 December 2014 in the concrete admixture sector. The graduated...

Energy-efficient building and intelligent urban development with a function-oriented infrastructure were the thematic focus of BIBM’s Advocacy Event...

On January 18, 2015 , Willy Rampf passed away in Allmen- dingen at the age of 86. He was one of the three co-founders of present-day Rampf Formen...

In 1994 , MC-Bauchemie was one of the first Western European companies to establish its own company in Poland. Starting with five employees,...

In January , the Innovation Prize Architecture + Construction was awarded on the occasion of the trade fair Messe Bau in Munich. The Solidian GmbH...

The National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) Board of ­Directors has extended President Ty Gable’s contract through 2019. Gable, a certified...

Elematic Oy, a Finnish world-leading manufacturer of precast concrete plants and production lines for walls, floors, frames and foundations, and...

Until 2022, the “Bahnstadt” residential development will be completed to create the world’s largest array of passive houses on the site of the former...

Accurate planning , high-quality pigments and efficient application – these are the key ingredients to achieve a perfect concrete coloring result....

The Greystone Ambiente & Style GmbH & Co. KG company is a leading German manufacturer of wet-cast products. In 2003, Greystone started the...

The Rhine embankment promenade vis-á-vis the Cologne Cathedral is currently being redesigned. The stepped facility is provided with a flood...

The Russia group of companies SU-155 increases output and quality of their precast concrete production with the aid of a new modern circulation...

The company Finger Beton introduced its new precast infiltration module Perco with utility model registration at the recent IFAT. This modular system...

The Finnish manufacturer Peikko brings to the market the world innovation Tenloc. The greatest advantage of Tenloc is the instant form-fitting and...

In 2004 , Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (ITD), one of Thailand’s and Asia’s leading construction companies, introduced the...

The study introduces the porous medium model for the simulation of concrete flow through highly-reinforced sections. It shows that numerical...

One of the principles that can be applied to the design of an electronic tongue is to generate an electrochemical voltage, just like in a galvanic...

On February 10 and 11 , this year‘s MC-Forum started with two of eight special technological and judicial seminars of the Protection Technology (PT)...

Like in many other German cities , the Rheydt city center is suffering from a significant loss of functional diversity of its urban space, which is...

For more than 50 years , NOE-Schaltechnik has been renowned on the market for its comprehensive range of versatile textured formliners to create...

When, in 1995, Rolf Demmerle presented the first masonry blocks called Gardenwall and Rusit, which were manually made by means of PU molds, at Bauma...

“Art in concrete” is the slogan of Reckli Artico: an innovative technique of using the final deactivation of concrete for the precise washing out of...

Normally, the big run takes place at the second day of the trade fair. However, at BAU 2015 visitors were already streaming through the aisles and...

As part of the continuous improvement of its HUS range, Hilti has added new features to the HUS3 generation of anchors that make them suitable for...

Hydronix is delighted to announce that all of its digital moisture sensors have been re-engineered to take advantage of increased microprocessor...

Following the introduction of the first pump sump to the market a few years ago and with that a practical solution for structures in groundwater made...

Betofix R4 , a product for repairing concrete, according to the manufacturer, provides the highest resistance to chloride ingress. This is crucial...

(10) WO 2015/004196 Al (22) 9. Juli 2014 (09.07.2014) (43) 15. Januar 2015 (15.01.2015) (57) The invention concerns an adjuvant combination composed...