Unkind tongues may claim that BFT International, now in its 85th year of publication is somewhatgetting on in age. We ourselves regard this decade-long experience indeed as a strong asset that only...
Ecological building will always be successful when architecture and building physics are effectively coordinated. Selective use of function-integrating construction elements that combine insulating...
The production of concrete blocks basically takes place on production boards on which blocks with green strength are transported to drying storage. The hardened concrete blocks are removed, on the...
Primo GmbH based in Waldkraiburg has developed another accessory tool, brought it to the market and applied a patent for the tool meant for the concrete placement process of concrete floors: The new...
A problem that can occur when installing reinforcement is the rising or subsiding of the reinforcement. Many a time, this problem is found, in particular, in case of innovative non-metallic...
The HTU channels of Halfen have always been an ideal system for fastening of profiled metal sheets of all kinds. The market potential of fixing systems for attaching metal profiles to concrete...
The company Form + Test has further developed its time-tested ComTest automatic bond strength tester to the new ConsurTest in response to customers’ wishes. This device is compact and lighter than...
Copying, punching holes and filing into a folder – that was a typical secretarial task everywhere for a long time. In our age of mobile phones, databases and App & Co., this routine has become...
Dear readers, many thanks for the extraordinary high participation in the Christmas Raffle. The entire team of the technical journal BFT International congratulates the following participants of the...
Rick Goode, CEO of Columbia Machine, Inc. announced the acquisition of its manufacturing partner, Vibramolde. With the signed agreement, Columbia Machine do Brasil Ltda, the Brazilian subsidiary of...
In its anniversary year, the leading provider of magnetic formwork systems and custom formwork solutions for the precast concrete industry will once again be prominently represented at bauma in...
KANN Baustoffwerke GmbH selects production pallets for the manufacture of concrete blocks after thorough material testing and according to the maxim: Every plant gets the optimum individual solution....
Trimble introduces the Tekla Bridge Creator, a new extension of the Tekla Structures Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. The software supports the complete bridge design workflow – from the...
Garam UG, located in Lünen in the German state of North-Rhine/Westphalia, has this year officially taken over the representation of Elkon Concrete Batching Plants for the German-speaking countries to...
In 2010, Qatar was surprisingly awarded to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. At present, eight stadiums for the World Cup are under construction; this article presents the completely new built Al Rayyan...
Piling and foundation elements are the main products at Roger Bullivant Ltd, operating from a Head Office centrally located in South Derbyshire and from seven regional offices across the UK. The...
The Indonesian Company PT. Rekagunatek Persada decided to set up a plant for the production of precast concrete parts for housing and building construction. After visiting several reference plants in...
At the forthcoming bauma exhibition, which will take place in Munich, Germany, from April 8 to14, Eurobend will present, on stand 325 in Hall C3, a PLT B Ladder machine, the latest generation of...
More than 110 years after the foundation, the GLÖCKLE group of companies presents itself as a partner for holistic solutions in the fields of construction and real estate. The building contractor...
BEST-Baueisen und Stahlbearbeitungsgesellschaft m. b. H., based in Haid/Ansfelden, Austria, is modernizing its steel bending division by integrating a new straightening, cutting and double-bending...
The face of present-day Tashkent is characterized by modern architecture. The construction boom and the demand for new housing are unbroken. In Uzbekistan, which is located in a high-risk earthquake...
According to the organizer Messe München BAU 2019 was another record-breaking event. On an exhibition space totaling 200,000 m2 for the first time, 2,250 exhibitors (2,120 in 2017) from 45 countries...
Thermal double walls can be considerably thinner and lighter if they are manufactured using carbon-fiber reinforced concrete. That means more space in the finished building and advantages for...
Although there are visible signs of its gradual acceptance in North Africa through its limited use in construction, Libya has yet to explore the feasibility and applicability of self-compacting...
The advantages of sealing surfaces with the fresh concrete composite system Polyfleece SX 1000 Wall, which has been registered for patent approval, can now be used also in the precast concrete sector....
Pucest protect, the manufacturer of wear protection products based in the Lower Franconian town of Elsenfeld, offers customers an extensive range of services related to refurbishing and repairing...
To prevent the partitioning of national markets within the European Union, standards and guidelines are gradually harmonized at European level. This process of harmonization also has an impact on the...
(10) WO 2019/006123 A1(22) 28.06.2018(43) 03.01.2019(57) A precast concrete panel and method for forming the panel are disclosed. A method of forming the panel to be used as a floor, wall, or roof...
(10) WO 2019/012436 Al(22) 11.07.2018(43) 17.01.2019(57) The present invention relates to semi-precast elevated concrete element system, comprising the following components: (i) a precast concrete...
(11) EP 3 421 204 Al(22) 27.06.2018(57) Structural module for a floor slab, comprising at least one slab (17) made of concrete or suchlike, positionable in a first laying direction (P), configured to...
(10) DE 10 2017 006 097 Al (22) 28.06.2017(43) 03.01.2019(57) Patentanspruch für das Formteil (Formprofil) (Fig.1) im Zusammenhang mit den Komponenten (4),(5),(7) für den Einsatz als im Untergrund...
