Issue 03/2017

What do I present at my stand at the trade show? Focusing on tried and tested products will likely be interpreted by some as a sign of constancy,...

Schöck offers a guide in compact format that it has developed as a practical aid for easy and reliable installation of Isokorb ID. The Schöck Isokorb...

Rotterdam is the gateway to the world for trade in goods of EU countries. At the largest deep water port in Europe, around 466 million t of goods...

Dominique Wong joined the Hamilton Kent sales team as a Business Development Manager in the end of 2016. He will be responsible for managing the...

Mike Kerins is the new Mixing Division Sales Manager at the American subsidiary BHS-Sonthofen Inc. based in Charlotte, North Carolina. BHS-Sonthofen...

From May 17-19, 2017, the international precast concrete industry will meet in Madrid, Spain, during the 22nd BIBM Congress. BIBM Congresses are a...

For the fourth year in a row CSG Engineering is organizing a one-week event in Italy addressed to precasters. The so-called “Technical Mission to...

Living space in Berlin has long become a scarce commodity – especially affordable one. With the ready-to-occupy Paragon Apartments on Danziger...

The Otto Quast Company can look back on a successful 70-year company history and produces premium quality pre-fabricated concrete parts for buildings...

Since 2016 , Heinze Cobiax Deutschland GmbH has been part of the Heinze Group, a group of leading companies from plastics technology which are active...

The engineering consultants Bau-Consult Hermsdorf GmbH were responsible for planning the precast elements for the modern façade of the new Berlin...

Located in Lužec nad Vltavou, not far from the capital city of Prague, the company Betonika Plus is part of Č eskomoravský Beton and Č eskomoravský...

The range of Duha Fertigteilbau GmbH includes precast monolithic bell towers delivered to the job site on trucks designed for exceptional loads. This...

The new development of rows upon rows of vertical apartment buildings has been completed along grand avenues and streets of the new Kuwait City...

The Russian construction group Morton just built the new, huge prefabricated concrete plant DSK Grad near Moscow. With Weckenmann Anlagentechnik GmbH...

A modular hidden corbel , PCs is a great choice for creating a joint in structures with steel beams, composite beams, reinforced and pre-stressed...

Time is of the essence when conducting structural analyses for hollow-core slab production. The related process is often only allotted a few minutes...

Against the background of ever-increasing cost and time pressure in the manufacturing industry, efficiency improvements are part of the success...

The paper compares the impact of blood admixture and a classic air entraining factory produced admixture on the structure of air entrainment of...

The World of Concrete 2017, according to the organizer Informa Exhibitions, was the first major event of the year for the concrete and masonry...

The companies Form+Test Seidner , Dr. Jung+Partner, Knie-le, Ludwig, Haver+Boecker, and Proceq S.A., have organized their trade fair and conference...

The exhibitors of the BAU 2017 trade fair held in Munich were very pleased about the large number of attendees and the good atmosphere at the booths....

Berufsförderungswerk für die Beton- und Fertigteilhersteller (BBF - Vocational Training Organization for the Concrete and Precast Industry) has put a...

The company Flex Elektro­werkzeuge GmbH replaces its previous product range of VCE safety vacuum cleaners and supplements it by model classes 33 and...

Building with industrially manufactured precast concrete elements is in line with the trends of our time. Optimal production conditions lead to...

A largely saturated market and fierce competitive pressure: today, companies that want to grow in the supplier sector for the building industry must...

The technical possibilities for aesthetic design of concrete elements are numerous and manifold. Sika View concrete systems from Sika Deutschland...

Naturally fine , glossy and sealed concrete surfaces are the current trend. Harmonious plain colors, of which rich and dark tones are particularly in...

A lot of acting forces have to be balanced in terms of statics when it comes to realizing balconies, one ’ s own realm under the open sky. Moreover,...

(11) EP 3 115 523 A1 (22) 06.07.2016 (43) 11.01.2017 (57) The invention relates to a concrete panel, especially for composite floors, characterised...

(10) DE 20 2016 106 509 U1 (22) 21.11.2016 (45) 12.01.2017 (57) Stahlbetonetagendecke, folgende Komponenten umfassend: einen plattenförmigen...

(10) DE 10 2015 213 080 Al (22) 13.07.2015 (43) 19.01.2017 (57) Ein industriell vorgefertigtes Halb­fertigelement zur Erstellung einer...

(10) US 2017/0002558 Al (22) 16.12.2014 (57) The present invention provided a precast modular concrete wall panel having a rectangular wall body with...

(10) DE 10 2015 110 863 Al (22) 06.07.2015 (43) 12.01.2017 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Wandbau­element mit einer Tragschale (1) und einer zu der...

(10) WO 2017/007415 Al (22) 06.07.2016 (43) 12.01.2017 (57) Stackable wall spacer adapted for automated distribution using a feeder device and...

(10) DE 10 2009 011 785 B4 (22) 09.03.2009 (43) 19.11.2009 (45) 12.01.2017 (57) Stopfen (8) zum Verschluss von Öff­nungen (9) in Betonwänden (6),...

(10) US 2017/0015587 Al (22) 27.09.2016 (57) A concrete mix for use in forming molded concrete end products is disclosed. The concrete mix includes...

(11) EP 3 112 542 Al (22) 07.04.2016 (43) 04.01.2017 (57) Bei einem tragenden, aus Beton erstellten vertikalen Gebäudeteil, insbesondere einer...

(10) DE 10 2015 009 566 B4 (22) 24.07.2015 (43) 15.12.2016 (45) 05.01.2017 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zur...

(10) US 2017/0002563 Al (22) 15.09.2016 (57) A multi-use block including a block body having at least a first leg. The blocks can be placed in...

(11) EP 3 112 331 Al (22) 29.06.2015 (43) 04.01.2017 (57) The present invention relates to a method manufacturing a layered tile comprising a...

(11) EP 3 115 513 A1 (22) 17.02.2015 (43) 11.01.2017 (57) It is foreseen that the footing be executed in an excavation, such that a lower concrete...