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EDITORIAL

Dear readers of BFT International,

we are all experiencing, in both our professional and personal lives, a fast-changing world where climate considerations (decarbonization, circular economy) and digitalization are becoming a daily...

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FOREWORD | VORWORTE

Welcome to the BIBM Congress!

Dear manufacturers and industry partners for precast concrete elements,after nearly two years, we as organizers of the 23rd International BIBM Congress in Copenhagen welcome you to one of the first...

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BIBM CONGRESS 2021

Monday, 15th November → Keynote speeches (1)

Copenhagen as Eco-Metropole

Copenhagen has experienced tremendous change in the last decades, as it went from almost bankrupt to “the most livable city in the world” and a true “eco-metropole”. With a focus on multi-disciplinary...

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Monday, 15th November → Keynote speeches (2)

Customization and afterlife of concrete elements

Advancements in production technologies and the urgency to reduce carbon footprint in construction call for new design and production practises for precast concrete architecture. Kathrin Gimmel will...

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Monday, 15th November → A step towards circular economy

Design for Disassembly – why, how and what in practice

Building a circular future / Case circle house (Kasper Guldager Jensen)What does it mean to build a circular future? How to go from visions and targets to practical standardization work and real...

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Monday, 15th November → Precast architecture - Technical solutions

Our urban living room

Our Urban Living Room -The theme is based on Cobe’s practice, grounded in social livability and urban democracy, and our aim to create buildings and spaces that invite Copenhageners to use and define...

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Monday, 15th November → Precast architecture - Technical solutions

Advanced techniques in prefabricated concrete

Global growth and urban densification need ever growing material resources and energy. Local means culturally and socially more sustainable approach, applications of global knowledge and advanced...

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Monday, 15th November → Innovation workshop (6)

New European Assesment for punching shear reinforcement

Flat slabs made of reinforced concrete are supported directly on columns. The total height of the slab construction is reduced and the formwork effort is simplified because beams are done away with....

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Monday, 15th November → Innovation workshop (7)

Connecting systems for light weight concrete walls

Precontech lightweight concrete technologyPrecontech has developed the 6-pillar alliance to combine all components that are required for the production of lightweight concrete elements with suspension...

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Monday, 15th November → Innovation workshop (11)

Adding value with Graphic Concrete

Concrete is a material with endless design possibilities. Working with Graphic Concrete will take the possibilities even one step further. The customers say that Graphic Concrete is enhancing the...

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Tuesday, 16th November → New business opportunities (1)

Policymaking by competition on sustainability parameters

Europe is transforming rapidly, from traditional to value-based competition. How does that affect the playground? Are the competition parameters still fair, transparent, and based on knowledge? How...

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Tuesday, 16th November → New business opportunities (2)

CO2 neutral construction with concrete

The CO2 emission associated with cement and concrete are receiving increasing attention. Although the intrinsic emission of cement and concrete are low, the enormous volumes used – more than all other...

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Tuesday, 16th November → Precast success in Nordic Countries (1)

Norway: Object „Stormen, Bodø“

The presentation will focus on Stormen, the new cultural quarter of the Norwegian city of Bodø, the coastal city situated 100km inside the Arctic Circle and named European Capital of Culture 2024....

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Monday, 15th November → The digital transformation in the construction sector and the role of precast concrete

Moving construction products industry in a digitalized construction

If we start from two observations, firstly that digitalization is here to stay, secondly that data is the new gold, we must ask ourselves what this means for construction generally, and our companies...

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Monday, 15th November → Shaping the landscape with precast

Stormwater Management and Treatment

Contaminated stormwater is undoubtingly a significant stressor on aquatic ecosystems due to its content of an orchestra of chemicals including particles, nutrients, salts, metals and persistent...

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Tuesday, 16th November → Decarbonising the precast concrete value chain

CCU/CCS as business opportunity

In its “Green Deal”, the European Union pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. As we speak, negotiations in the European Parliament and the Council are in full swing on the European Commission’s...

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Tuesday, 16th November → Decarbonising the precast concrete value chain

Carbon neutral concrete by 2050

Concrete – as the most widely used material after water – is essential for our world. It underpins our society, providing the foundations for our homes, offices, transport networks, food and water...

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Monday, 15th November → Innovation workshop (9)

Post Installation of prefab-balcony systems

Building on a postage stamp has become very common. This requires builders to adhere to a tight schedule to ensure the construction project runs smoothly. In order to support building contractors in...

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Monday, 15th November → The digital transformation in the construction sector and the role of precast concrete

Why OpenBIM should be taught and not bought

The construction industry, in both Denmark and many other countries, have been accused of “silo thinking” for many years.We may have introduced phrases like “BIM”, “VDCO” and so forth, but these are...

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NEWS | NACHRICHTEN

BT INNOVATION

B.T. Innovation celebrated 30-year anniversary

This year, B.T. innovation GmbH based in Magdeburg looks back on 30 years of company history. The company honored this event with an anniversary celebration held on September 01, 2021, with several...

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UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION | TIEFBAU

PRECAST ELEMENT PRODUCTION | FERTIGTEILHERSTELLUNG

BIBKO

Company Fuchs adds chamber filter press

Fuchs Fertigteilwerke GmbH is a long-established, family-operated company looking back on more than 75 years of experience in the production, distribution and development of precast concrete elements....

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EVENTS | VERANSTALTUNGEN

PATENTS | PATENTE

Concrete building block and methods

(10) US 2021/0207336 Al(22) 17.05.2019(43) 08.07.2021(57) A concrete block includes a dry cast concrete body having opposite first and second sides, opposite first and second end faces extending...

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Topping slab installation methodology

(10) US 2021/0246657 Al (22) 07.02.2020(43) 12.08.2021(57) A method of laying one or more concrete topping slabs over an existing concrete structure includes providing a concrete form defining an area...

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Anchor and clutch assembly

(10) US2021222444 (A1) (22) 06.04.2021(43) 22.07.2021(57) Anchors, clutches, and lifting systems are described herein that increase the size of a shear cone within a precast concrete panel without...

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Concrete manhole and load lifting element

(10) DE 10 2007 028 324 B4(22) 15.06.2007(43) 11.12.2008 (45) 05.08.2021(57) Schacht (3) aus Beton (24) oder dgl., wobei der Schacht (3) wenigstens einen ersten Schachtring (2) und ei-nen zweiten...

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Formwork device

(10) DE 10 2020 000 645 A1 (22) 31.01.2020(43) 05.08.2021(57) Die Erfindung betrifft eine Scha­lungsvorrichtung (20; 120; 220) für die Herstellung einer Un­terflur-Bodendose. Die Schalungsvorrichtung...

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Garage

(10) DE 10 2020 102 736 A1 (22) 04.02.2020(43) 05.08.2021(57) Es wird eine Garage angegeben, die eine erhöhte Nutzbarkeit zur Verfügung stellt. Dazu wird eine Garage angegeben mit vier im Wesentlichen...

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