Walls are intrinsic parts of building structures. For buildings in regions threatened by earthquakes, installation of shear walls is mandatory – in Germany, even a legal requirement. However, under...
In recent decades, around 215,000 km of public sewer and drinking water networks have been laid in the underground of Bavaria’s towns, cities and municipalities. The public pipeline network generally...
Adding steel to the concrete matrix is a long-established method that is at the same time necessary because concrete exhibits a high level of compressive strength but only limited tensile strength,...
Carbon-reinforced concrete is suitable for a number of applications, including façades, walls, columns, beams, floor slabs, and modular buildings, as well as for repairing and upgrading existing...
Putzmeister Engineering GmbH, Ed. Züblin AG and HeidelbergCement AG have formed the cross-sector 3D@Site consortium, joining forces to make 3D printing suitable for use on the construction site. For...
The digital transformation brings about a wide range of challenges and raises questions we would never have asked in the first place. For instance, even nowadays, employees in various departments of...
Approvals for the new development of raw materials operations are rarely, if at all, obtained, and difficult and lengthy approval procedures have to be allowed for the extension of existing...
Within the scope of the project “Lightweight concrete construction with LAC+,” a new construction method of modular combinable wall and floor elements with a high degree of prefabrication is being...
More than 6 % of the worldwide carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by humans are associated with the production of cement and concrete. It is a known fact that a purposeful substitution of the burnt...
A major part of the damages occurring at steel-reinforced concrete structures is caused by the corrosion of the steel reinforcement. Cost-intensive and time-consuming repair works or new replacement...
