Resource efficiency in construction and in the operation of buildings is becoming increasingly significant. The objective of the MultiLC research project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for...
Concrete as a construction material has an especially high resistance to compression. Concrete shells with a geometry optimized in a way such that primarily compressive forces arise are accordingly...
This new type of connection adds another option to the range of possible connections in precast reinforced concrete construction. Columns can be produced without interrupting the standard formwork due...
The layout of conventional precast concrete sandwich panels comprises an at least 7 cm thick reinforced concrete facing, an insulation layer, and a reinforced concrete bearing layer. Anchors made of...
Customer requirements are constantly increasing, and concrete precast manufacturers need to meet these demands by developing new products. Concrete products are becoming ever more refined, having...
We are already familiar with this subject: there, the Facebook profile is renewed and someone is chatting with friends, instead of doing the job for which they are paid. In this regard, the labor-law...
Successful companies are absolutely dependent on qualified and motivated employees. In times of skilled labor shortage and frequent headhunting to competing companies, these are not just inexpressive...
Master craftsman training in Ulm – The opportunity for further training to become a master craftsman as well as the procedure and the objective of the master craftsman course is not or only...
With introduction of Eurocode 2 in Germany, the punching shear design provisions for flat slabs were revised. In consequence of limited anchorage conditions of punching shear reinforcement elements in...
According to DIN EN 1992-2/NA, the adhesion component of theshear resistance in a concrete-concreteinterface has not to be applied under fatigue or dynamic loading (c = 0). In structures subject to...