Issue 12/2016

The Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Sydney Opera House, the 30 St Mary Axe in London most recently, and Burj...

In the city of Dortmund, mitigating environmental impact has always been high on the agenda, even before the European Union imposed the new annual...

Early this year , Zapf GmbH launched Clou 2.0 as the new edition with round-shaped roof. The new, upgraded model is equally popular; it has already...

Waibel, the medium-sized , family-run company headquartered in Gernsheim in Germany, was founded more than 70 years ago. Waibel operates and manages...

Staff of concrete producers from ten different countries participated in this year’s “Technical Mission to Italy” which took place from October 15 to...

The new environmental education center UmweltBildungs-Zentrum (UBZ) in Mainz, Germany, serves as an example of what’s possible with ecological...

“Your Sika – your Solution” will be the new slogan of Sika Deutschland GmbH at the BAU trade fair taking place in Munich in January 2017. The slogan...

Every mixing and agitation process causes continual wear of the mixer employed. With protective measures the lifetime of the mixer and wearing parts...

SBM Mineral Processing is setting the bar in the compact class even higher with the new, mobile concrete mixing plant Minimix. Due to numerous...

Pruksa Real Estate Public Co. Ltd. is one of Thailand’s leading companies in residential construction using precast concrete elements. With a major...

The majority of small and medium-sized enterprises are family-managed businesses which have frequently seen numerous generations of family ownership....

The need for affordable living space is great worldwide, especially in cities and densely populated areas. This, on the one hand, is due to...

The “Façade” conference held in Ippesheim/Gollhofen on October 20, 2016, focused on practical know-how in construction with precast concrete elements...

The economy in Poland is booming, new jobs are being created, and in many places, building cranes are dominating the cityscape, including Zabrze, a...

Spancrete, a world leader in precast/prestressed concrete building solutions, has partnered with a builder in Shanghai to produce modern precast...

Having been active in precast concrete production for numerous decades, Dutch company Voorbij Prefab opted for an extensive modernization of its...

Commissioned by one of China’s largest construction groups, Unitechnik is fitting two precast concrete plants with the latest model of its master...

After commissioning the largest autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) plant of Latin America in Mexico last year, Aircrete Group announces that it will...

The manufacturer KLB-Klimaleichtblock dedicates specific guidelines to the professional processing of lightweight concrete shuttering blocks. As of...

In the German city of Sindelfingen, construction of a new car park that extends over seven levels was recently completed. The company Verbu-Bau GmbH...

Faymonville has been able to establish itself “down under” for a long time. Low-bed trailers and platform trailers from Belgium can be seen both in...

The Dutch community of Heerde is located around an hour and a half by car east of Amsterdam and has 11,200 inhabitants. The open and appealing...

Which material is most appropriate for rehabilitating streets in a small wine-growing community? The local council members of Monsheim, in the...

Continuing in 2017, the concrete information center InformationsZentrum Beton (IZB) will conduct concrete seminars in collaboration with the...

This year’s ordinary General Meeting of the Association of Concrete Pipes and Reinforced Concrete Pipes (Fachvereinigung Betonrohre und...

The Association of German Producers and Users of Concrete Precast Elements (FDB) has updated its Code of Practice No. 3 on the design of...

In Germany thousands of mixer trucks are in operation every day, for supplying fresh concrete from the factory directly to the installation site....

On an area of over 1,000 m², InformationsZentrum Beton (IZB) will be showcasing the versatility of concrete together with 14 partner companies at the...

(10) DE 20 2015 104 658 U1 (22) 02.09.2015 (45) 13.10.2016 (57) Formstein (1) für eine Mauer (2), ein Mauersystem oder dergleichen umfassend eine aus...

(10) DE 10 2015 105 067 Al (22) 01.04.2015 (43) 06.10.2016 (57) Stallboden eines Viehstalls, auf­weisend eine Mehrzahl von Liegeflächenplatten 30,...

(10) WO 2016/168916 Al (22) 11.02.2016 (43) 27.10.2016 (57) A system and method for constructing an insulated concrete form (ICF) wall are provided....

(10) US 9,464,437 B1 (22) 09.12.2015 (45) 11.10.2016 (57) The precast I-beam concrete panels include an elongate I-beam embedded in an elongate...

(10) DE 20 2016 005 254 U1 (22) 26.08.2016 (45) 13.10.2016 (57) Vorgefertigtes Deckenelement (1), wel­ches eine gegossene Betonschicht (2) mit einem...

(11) EP 3 075 505 Al (22) 09.03.2016 (43) 05.10.2016 Patentblatt 2016/40 (57) Es wird eine Vorrichtung (VO) zur Herstellung von Betonformteilen in...

(10) US 2016/0298327 A1 (22) 16.06.2016 (43) 13.10.2016 (57) A building system with modular precast concrete compo­nents uses bulb tee beams to span...

(10) DE 10 2015 105 204 Al (22) 07.04.2015 (43) 13.10.2016 (57) Bei einem Verfahren zur Gestal­tung von Betonoberflächen wird eine...

(11) EP 3 081 708 Al (22) 18.04.2015 (43) 19.10.2016 Patentblatt 2016/42 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft eine Ankerschiene zur Verankerung im Beton mit...

(10) DE 10 2015 106 294 A1 (22) 23.04.2015 (43) 27.10.2016 (57) Bei einem tragenden, aus Beton erstellten vertikalen Gebäudeteil, insbesondere einer...

(11) EP 3 081 714 A1 (22) 11.04.2016 (43) 19.10.2016 Bulletin 2016/42 (57) The present invention is in the field of reinforced concrete structures,...

(11) EP 3 085 843 Al (22) 07.04.2016 (43) 26.10.2016 Patentblatt 2016/43 (57) Bei einem Wärme- dämmelement, welches zumindest teilweise aus einem...