Dear readers, Our editor-in-chief Silvio Schade opened the last issue of BFT International with greetings that gave center place to the innovative strength and forward-looking orientation of our BFT...
Elbe Decken celebrated its 25th company anniversary in June (see previous article). Operations Manager, Dipl.-Ing. Lars Klötzer, and the former Sales Manager, Dipl.-Kfm. Peter Kirchner, talked with...
The manufacturer of prestressed concrete floor slabs, the company Elbe delcon GmbH – Elbe Decken, celebrates, in the summer of 2021, its 25th anniversary. The plant was founded in 1996 by the building...
Curetec Energietechnik GmbH, founded in 2010, is a leading supplier for the development, installation and maintenance of special systems for concrete hardening. Most recently, the company has been...
The Styrian municipality of Radmer an der Stube is located in an idyllic high valley east of the Gesäuse National Park. The access road to the popular excursion site had to be closed repeatedly,...
Launching the next generation of Vertua admixtures, internationally active construction materials company Cemex remains a leader in the field of sustainable solutions for the construction industry.The...
The public utilities company Stadtwerke Essen in Germany already began with renewal of the Wolfsbachtal sewer system in the summer of 2018. By now, most of the comprehensive construction measure has...
The former industry’s slogan “Concrete – it depends what you make of it” has been interpreted in hardly as many different ways and in so many variations as by Erwin Voit. He is the founder and...
Beton-Fertigteil-Union (BFU) increased its production output while improving product quality and process reliability by implementing the new B.T. innovation plant design. At the core of this new setup...
At the end of May 2021, Germany’s first 3D-printed residential building was realized in Beckum in North-Rhine/Westphalia. But not only the way in which the walls were manufactured is highly...
With software, automation, and independent machinery, a production plant can be boosted to be an intelligent plant with many benefits. Echo Precast Engineering want to give some insights into how to...
Based in Bellinzona, Switzerland since 1994, Generale Costruzioni Pizzarotti SA company has a long history. It is in fact totally owned by the Italian Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A, founded in Parma in 1910...
Why openBIM should be taught and not bought (Brian H. Rasmussen)Why it is not enough to simply demand openBIM as part of a contract or project, but why we need to teach each other, across branches,...
There is an increase in the use of textile-reinforced concrete in Germany. Switching from steel-reinforced concrete is not entirely easy, however, since textile reinforcements made of glass fibers and...
The precast cornices of the new Parkhotel building in Heilbronn, Germany, were fastened to load-bearing heat insulation elements for cantilevered components. No scaffolding was required for completing...
The long-standing motto of „The world is in motion. We provide stability.“ is now completed by „Now, even more permanently“. Because the new Philipp permanent fixing system (PB system, see Fig. 1)...
Cortec’s patented MCI Technology designed to protect reinforcing metal in concrete from corrosion is widely used around the globe. Application of MCI products experienced rapid growth in recent years...
(11) EP 3 719 229 A9(22) 12.03.2020(43) 07.10.2020 Bulletin 2020/41(57) The object of the invention is a concrete floor panel consisting of a structure made of plain concrete with reinforcement sunk...
(10) DE 10 2020 128 055 A1 (22) 26.10.2020(43) 12.05.2021(57) Beschrieben wird ein Schalungselement 1 zum Erzeugen einer verzahnten Arbeitsfuge zwischen zwei Betonbauteilen. Das Schalungselement 1...
(11) EP003816367A1(22) 28.10.2019(43) 05.05.2021 Patentblatt 2021/18(57) 1. Schalungsstütze (1) mit einem äußeren Stützenteil (2) und einem teleskopierbaren inneren Stützenteil (3), wobei der innere...
(10) DE 10 2019 131 051 A1 (22) 18.11.2019(43) 20.05.2021(57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines bewehrten Betonbauteils (1, 1‘), insbesondere eines generativ hergestellten,...
(10) DE 10 2019 130 867 A1 (22) 15.11.2019(43) 20.05.2021(57) Vorrichtung zur Abdichtung von Betonfugen, mit einer in den Beton einzubettenden Sperrplatte (18), die mit einem unter Wassereinwirkung...
(10) DE 10 2019 131 852 A1 (22) 25.11.2019(43) 27.05.2021(57) Beschrieben ist die Anordnung eines Schornsteins (S) und eines Lüftungsnetzwerks (L) für ein Gebäude. Der Schornstein (S) weist einen...
(11) EP003816841A1(22) 02.11.2020(43) 05.05.2021 Patentblatt 2021/18 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und eine Einrichtung zur Auswahl und/oder Positionierung von mindestens einem...
(11) EP 3 822 422 Al(22) 10.07.2019 (43) 19.05.2021 Bulletin 2021/20(57) Disclosed is a prefabricated wall (1) for a prefabricated building. The prefabricated wall comprises a concrete body (2) and a...
(11) EP 3 825 486 A1(22) 29.10.2020(43) 26.05.2021 Pa-tentblatt 2021/21(57) Beschrieben wird ein Schalungssystem für den Betonbau mit zumindest einem Standardelement S, zumindest einem Winkelelement...
(10) US 11,008,752 B1(22) 05.10.2020(45) 18.05.2021(57) A modular superblock assembly includes interconnectable and stackable insulating concrete forms that each comprise a block body. The block body...
(10) US 11,015,345 B1(22) 18.01.2020(43) 25.05.2021(57) A concrete wall section manufactured with a weight that allows the user of the concrete wall section to transport manually the concrete wall...
(10) US 2021/0138687 Al (22) 02.03.2018(43) 13.05.2021(57) The invention relates to a method for producing a concrete tube (12) for a hyperloop passenger transport system. The concrete tube (12) is...
(10) US 2021/0148231 Al (22) 21.06.2019(43) 20.05.2021(57) A formwork for the production of concrete articles includes: a supporting beam with a development axis; a panel which has an outer surface...
(10) WO 2021/089028(22) 06.11.2020(43) 14.05.2021(57) Disclosed is a concrete prefabricated floor slab with a built-in energy storage tank, the concrete prefabricated floor slab comprising concrete,...
(10) WO 2021/069601A1(22) 08.10.2020(43) 15.04.2021(57) The invention relates to a method for obtaining a concrete construction element (1) by additive manufacturing, in which superposed mortar layers...
