Issue 07/2016

The role played by colored concrete in modern architecture is becoming increasingly important. The many large and smaller structures erected in the...

The German company Hunklinger allortech will present three new paver-laying clamps at this year’s Bauma. The models feature new design, higher laying...

That the economic crisis will continue in Russia was a matter of fact for all those who travelled to Moscow for this year’s CTT trade show. Who had...

BASF inaugurated its new production plant for concrete admixtures in the northern province of Bac Giang, Vietnam. The new plant will allow BASF to...

For a lot of people the United Arab Emirates are an embodiment of the superlative, economic boom and progress. In the 2000 s, there was a real run of...

Under construction for nearly 20 years, the Gotthard Base Tunnel has now been officially inaugurated. Around four million tons of concrete went into...

In 2015, the Netherlands came in at an impressive 4th place in the Global Innovation Index ranking published by the World Intellectual Property...

A new main collector had to be installed in the western part of the city of Heidelberg to cope with increasing amounts of stormwater and wastewater....

On the former plot of the Dortmund Union brewery the large-scale urban development project of the vocational college the so-called “Dortmunder U – Das...

It is worth having a closer look at the landscape design around the Mathematikon educational and research building in Heidelberg: The patterns of the...

For a little more than one year, MAADcrete has been manufacturing various Spancrete hollowcore products on a 200 m long production line in Vasai East...

In construction of new buildings, not only the cost effectiveness and the environmental impact should be considered, but also the sustainability of...

In February 2016, the extensive GWH Riedberg 2.0 project in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was completed on schedule by the developer GWH Bauprojekte...

In most cases, construction with precast concrete elements is primarily focusing on the aspect of function. Stability, impermeability and a long...

To relieve the lift bridge across Van Starkenborgh Canal in Zuidhorn, Netherlands, of some of its load and to remove traffic congestion, municipal...

Modern manufacturing proc-esses call for innovative machinery, which are able to operate in a highly efficient and very reliable manner, in order to...

The logo of the Moscow Trade Show “Construction Engineering and Technology,” better known under the abbreviation CTT (Stroitelnaya tekhnika i...

Architectural concrete gives a building “a face” and makes it unique. The new 28-page information brochure from Dycker­hoff Weiss – “Design and...

The former largest internment camp of the republic was converted into a memorial site in the vicinity of Perpignan in the South of France. For this...

At this year’s Bauma, Würschum presented several innovations on the subject of manufacturing high-quality color-mix concrete products, such as...

Not only in our society but also in today’s working environment, conscientious orientation towards sustainability has become a major topic. Companies...

Road noise makes you sick – a statement that hardly anyone would contradict nowadays. The traffic noise situation can be improved by noise reducing...

(10) DE 10 2015 012 564 A 1 (22) 25.09.2015 (43) 25.05.2016 (57) Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf ein Straßenelement, wie eine Gehwegplatte, einen...

(10) DE 20 2015 006 798 U1 (22) 29.09.2015 (45) 04.05.2016 (57) Bauelement (1) zur Verwendung im Pflasterbau, mit wenigstens einem Innenraum (4), in...

(10) US 2016/0123007 A1 (22) 11.01.2016 (43) 05.05.2016 (57) A concrete panel system includes first, second, and third rectangular precast concrete...

(10) US 2016/0145874 A1 (22) 01.02.2016 (43) 26.05.2016 (57) Provided is a method of installing a tile mosaic upon a vertical concrete surface. The...

(10) DE 10 2014 016 848 A1 (22) 13.11.2014 (43) 19.05.2016 (57) Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Konfektionierung eines...

(10) DE 10 2014 116 729 A1 (22) 16.11.2014 (43) 19.05.2016 (57) Bei einem Verfahren zur Anregung der Frühhydratation von Frischbeton eines...

(10) DE 20 2015 008 895 U1 (22) 19.12.2015 (45) 04.05.2016 (57) Die nanostrukturierte Betonoberfläche ist dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, dass die...

(10) WO 2016/071847 A1 (22) 04.11.2015 (43) 12.05.2016 (57) A joint between beam elements (T) and column elements (C) made of prefabricated...

(10) DE 10 2013 018 907 B4 (22) 13.11.2013 13.05.2015 (45) 19.05.2016 (57) Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Be­wehrungsmatten aus Längs- und...

(10) WO 2016/079214 A2 (22) 19.11.2015 (43) 26.05.2016 (57) A reinforcement system for anchoring tendons for structural reinforcing a structure such...

In May of 2016, many concrete technologists accepted the invitation of the Association of German Concrete Engineers (VDB) to the conference held at...

Construction involving existing buildings is on the increase in Germany in comparison to new building – both in terms of construction volume and of...

BFT International, in collaboration with the German associations listed below, regularly publishes statements in this section of the magazine on...

(10) DE 10 2011 111 554 B4 (22) 25.08.2011 (43) 28.02.2013 (45) 25.05.2016 (57) Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Beton­elementes mit einer mit...

(10) US 9,347,232 B1 (22) 13.01. 2015 (45) 24.05.2016 (57) A lifting and leveling assembly configured to be embedded in a precast concrete slab for...

(10) DE 10 2014 115 808 (22) 30.10.2014 (43) 04.05.2016 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein quaderför­miges Bauelement mit einer Oberseite (1) und einer...

(10) US 2016/0130812 Al (22) 25.01.2014 (43) 12.05.2016 (57) The present invention relates to a method of producing a concrete component (15), to a...

(10) WO 2016/066907 Al (22) 31.10.2014 (43) 06.05.2016 (57) The invention relates to a method for manufacturing concrete construction blocks (6) for a...

(10) WO 2016/074662 Al (22) 20.10.2015 (43) 19.05.2016 (57) Bei einem Verfahren zur Anregung der Frühhydratation von Frischbeton eines...

(10) WO 2016/079212 Al (22) 18 November 2015 (43) 26 May 2016 (71) THEDUFFUS V/DAVID JOHN DUFFUS [DK/DK]; c/o David Duffus, Strandlodsvej l IO, 2300,...

Since the beginning of 2016, Opterra Wössingen GmbH has been offering CEM II/A-M (V-LL 52.5 in exchange of CEM II/B-M (V-LL) 42.5 R-AZ due to growing...

Standard commercial Round Grabs on constructions sites may fail to hold on to pipes so that pipes may slip out of the grip in critical situations....

Dicad based in Cologne, Germany, has been a market leader in reinforcement planning and design for several decades. The new 2016 version of its...

Recently, Trimble has introduced the new version of their Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, Tekla Structures 2016. The software enables...