In retrospect, traveling to the moon seems like child’s play in view of the challenge that humanity is facing today: a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to achieve climate neutrality. The...
Starting with the German meat industry, the sector-specific prohibition of contracts for work and temporary employment services is under social and political discussion. These types of contracts are...
The Manateq headquarters in Doha consists of four buildings encompassing an inner courtyard that looks like an oasis. The ornamental façade structure surrounding and shading the building reflects the...
Normative design regulations for masonry are continuously further developed, both on a national and international level. Continuous revision leads to increasing extension of the application scope of...
The construction methods of staircase systems for outdoor use are fundamentally different from those of indoor staircases. Contrary to indoor staircases, which need to be designed and dimensioned in...
In Germany, far more than half of the urban traffic areas, both in the municipal sector and private sector, are surfaced with block pavements and slab pavements. Despite the fact that comprehensive...
Global cement production currently amounts to about 4.4 billion tons per year. Unfortunately, this comes with a huge CO2 emission which represents approximately 7 % of total anthropogenic CO2 output....
Conservation of resources and sustainability are the current global objectives. Improvement of the CO2 balances of cements and concretes are in the focus of scientific studies. Increasing...
Normally, the fresh concrete properties are specified in the planning stage of building structures – generally, these are just the exposure classes and strength classes. Then the consistency class and...
