In Germany, well over half of urban traffic surfaces in both the municipal and private sectors are surfaced by means of concrete block and slab pavements. There are repeated incidents of damage...
Improving the energy efficiency of buildings is of central importance in view of rising energy prices, increasingly scarce fossil energy reserves and the continually advancing greenhouse effect....
Whilst the European Union has been promoting the reuse of treated wastewater in the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive since as early as 1991, some maps show even today that the number of regions...
As part of two BMWI joint research projects [1,2], in conjunction with RWTH Aachen University and the partner companies, Autarq and noventec, it was possible to develop a hybrid concrete roof tile...
Work on the DafStb Code of Practice on precast hollow-core slabs [1] began in November of 2017. The Code of Practice is planned to consist of two parts:Part 1: Reinforced-concrete hollow-core slabs...
Additive production, sometimes simply called 3D printing, is often referred to as the third industrial revolution, as it offers the potential to fundamentally change traditional production methods....
Calcined clays offer the opportunity to fulfil environmental requirements, to counteract the shortage of resources and to provide the market with high-performance binders, in synergy with other...
