In the past, conventional materials normally used for filling the joints between block pavers and slabs were repeatedly found to cause discolorations of concrete paving products. Similar soiling can...
On a global scale, concrete and cement production accounts for more than 6 % of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Substitution of the cement clinker (K) contained in the cement or concrete by appropriate...
At present, DIN EN 197-1 does not define recycled fine aggregates (crushed sands) as main constituent of cement. Cements with ground crushed sand as main constituent are subject to an approval. Apart...
Resource efficiency and climate protection will continue to challenge the method of concrete construction. However, there is no silver bullet in sight. New approaches such as the carbon dioxide...
It is a great pleasure for the fib to participate in this very prestigious conference, the BetonTage 2019. The theme of the conference – Innovation in Concrete – is particularly important in these...
Concrete is the building material most often used in the world. Over the last few years, it was possible to improve its performance considerably by a large number of innovative developments in the...
The year 2019 is off to a flying start, with a triple-event package – also of interest to the manufacturers of precast concrete elements and concrete products: At BAU trade show the manufacturers of...
Recently, a new concrete conveyor system has been commissioned at Betonwerk Neu-Ulm. The bucket conveyor and the concrete distribution portal provide for fast transportation of the concrete to the...
The new extension of the „Schweizer Hof“ hotel comprising 64 double rooms was completed in mid-November 2018. The additional guest rooms of the hotel were already fully booked out even before the...
The Rosenstein Pavilion was designed as a lightweight concrete shell that sets a prime example of how to apply appropriate design methods to our built environment in order to increase its resource...
