Issue 01/2017

Internet? Is that nonsense really still around? The question of someone obviously no great enthusiast of technology puts wittily in a nutshell the...

Digitization and Industrie 4.0 require from the precast industry increasingly more data exchange between the control processors and CAD and ERP...

A so-called timber-concrete composite floor is a composite structure consisting of timber beams or panels and a concrete slab. These hybrid elements...

Advanced ERP systems are able to plan and control all business and production proc-esses – also in the precast concrete industry. They therefore make...

The company Siut GmbH will be presented for the first time with its own stand at BAU, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Architecture, Materials, and...

Trimble closes a gap between the digital and the real world. At BAU 2017, trade fair Munich, stand 310, hall C3, Trimble introduces augmented reality...

This year again, The Big 5, as the most important and largest building and construction show of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and MENA (Middle...

The Belgian Cordeel Group implements diverse building projects, including exclusive apartment complexes, logistics or industrial parks, modern...

The higher the degree of prefabrication at the factory, the lower the assembly and construction errors occurring under time pressure and adverse...

For more than ten years, Weiler has maintained close contact to its Russian business partner Stroyindustriya. Weiler owner and CEO Matthias Holzberger...

The Schleibinger Colloquium “Rheological measurements on construction materials” in February 2017 in the German city of Regensburg is a highlight for...

“GIC – The Italian Concrete Days,” held for the first time, were a combination of trade show and congress for the concrete industry and took place...

Concrete, the “liquid rock,” made its twenty-first century arrival long ago. It was the focus of this year’s Science Days, the IAB-Wissenschaftstage,...

“Shaping Places for People” is the heading under which the 61st edition of the BetonTage congress will be held in Neu-Ulm from 14 to 16 February 2017....

According to experts, the Chinese construction industry is entering a new development stage. The previous phase primarily characterized by a growth in...

Concrete has been in use for over 2,000 years and is today the most widely used construction material around the globe. For more than 100 years, it...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dipl.-Wirt. Ing. Chokri Cherif and Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Offermann are the laureates of...

The German Future Prize (Deutscher Zukunftspreis) awarded by the German President is one of the most important scientific awards in Germany. This...

Flat slabs are economically manufactured with precast slabs and topped with in-situ concrete. Accurate execution requires detailed planning. In areas...

The new Schöck LD plug, according to the manufacturer, is the first single-shear plug with European technical approval in accordance with the German...

Early precast designs showed less than perfect earthquake performance. Common reasons for the failures were inadequate detailing, poor workmanship and...

Schöck, the manufacturer of construction products located in southwest Germany, will exclusively present their latest Isokorb generation as a global...

At Bau 2017 in Munich, from 16 to 21 January 2017, at stand 408 in Hall A1, Pfeifer Seil- und Hebetechnik GmbH will showcase its innovations, further...

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

“New challenges in concrete construction” is this year’s slogan of the already twelfth conference on concrete components that will be held by the HTWK...

(11) EP 3 088 607 Al (22) 22.04.2016 (43) 02.11.2016 Patentblatt 2016/44 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft einen Bausatz (B) zur Erstellung einer...

(10) DE 10 2015 208 238 Al (22) 05.05.2015 (43) 10.11.2016 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Rand­schalungselement (1) mit ­einer Schalungsplatte (2)...

(10) DE 10 2015 110 887 Al (22) 06.07.2015 (43) 24.11.2016 (57) Betonring fur ein Schachtbauwerk, das ebenerdig mit einer Straßendecke abschließt,...

(10) DE 10 2004 042 904 B4 (22) 27.08.2004 (43) 02.03.2006 (57) Formbauteil aus Beton oder ähnlichem Material, das einen eingebetteten, durchgängigen...

(11) EP 3 095 569 A1 (22) 04.02.2015 (43) 23.11.2016 Bulletin 2016/47 (57) Method of constructing a tower with concrete tower segments. After casting...

(10) US 2016/0319536 Al (22) 10.04.2016 (43) 03.11.2016 (57) A compliant trim for use between concrete slabs is disclosed, intended to seal the joints...

(11) EP 3 098 045 A1 (22) 27.05.2015 (43) 30.11.2016 Bulletin 2016/48 (57) The invention relates to a mold (1) for producing concrete tubes, which...

(10) US 2016/0326764 Al (22) 30.04.2016 (43) 10.11.2016 (57) Architectural precast concrete construction relies on mechanical connectors at discrete...

(10) WO 2016/185417 Al (22) 19.05.2016 (43) 24.11.2016 (57) A system for the automatic release of cast concrete products from flexible and deformable...

(10) DE 10 2015 209 157 Al (22) 19.05.2015 (43) 24.11.2016 (57) Die vorliegende Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Schalungs­einrichtung für eine Bat-...