The topics related to sustainable building are highly diverse. Particularly within the context of the ecological quality of a structure, the various levels of perspectives concerning building...
In Germany, much too little is being constructed. According to calculations by the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW), at least 310,000 dwelling units annually would have to be constructed...
The CE marking does not provide any indication as to if and how a construction product may be used.Since ECJ judgment C-100/13 at the latest, national supplementary requirements that go be-yond the...
Judgment C-100/13 delivered by the European Court of Justice on October 16, 2014 required the German building code legislation to be completely redesigned in order to conform to the EU Construction...
Conception and design of the railway bridge (Tegernsee-Bahn) in Dürnbach were reported in part 1 of the paper. Part 2 provides additional information on the production of the bridge at the precast...
Ultra-high performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is characterized by an extremely dense structure and thus very high strengths as well as excellent durability properties. This enables slender...
A number of rulesets for road construction are currently being revised or pending publication. The revised edition of ZTV Pflaster-StB (Zusätzliche Technische Vertragsbedingungen zur Herstellung von...
In July 2018, the Forschungsgesellschaft Landschaftsentwicklung Landschaftsbau e. V. (Research Society for Landscape Development and Landscape Construction; FLL) published a fundamentally revised...
The construction industry is currently subject to several trends. Apart from digitization and testing of new contract models based on partnership, serial and modular building are of particular...
The „slab“ – in general, unfortunately encumbered with a negative image, which is predominantly due to sociological circumstances and urban development aspects. A uniform, dull and gray concrete...
