The award of Expo 2020 to Dubai has boosted construction activities in the entire Emirate. The estimated overall value of project activities for developing the Expo site amounts to around USD 4...
With MC-FastKick, MC Bau-chemie has developed a new product family of hardening accelerators upgraded with the very latest MC polymer technology. They provide concrete with very good processing and...
The relevant subcommittee of the German Committee for Structural Concrete has drafted an update on the Guideline on Waterproof Concrete Basements [2] fourteen years after publication of its original,...
In October 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found “that the Federal Republic of Germany violated the obligations arising from Directive 89/106/EEC” because it created additional requirements...
In transport infrastructure and road construction, the ZTV E-StB 09 (Zusätzliche Technische Vertragsbedingungen und Richtlinien für Erdarbeiten im Straßenbau; Supplementary Technical Conditions of...
With the aid of building integrated photovoltaics, building envelops have a major share in the transition of buildings from an energy consumer to an energy generator. An interdisciplinary cooperation...
In the past, concrete constructions impermeable to water were primarily designed with restricted crack width, with the objective of enabling self-healing of the designed separating cracks. However,...
On a worldwide scale, ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has been the single most important development of the past few decades in the field of concrete technology and application. This type of...
The Darmstadt Precast Days will take place on four days – and for the eleventh time in succession – on 8 and 9 and on 15 and 16 March 2018. Recognized experts will offer sound, practice-oriented...
Bétons Feidt located in Luxembourg manufactures and supplies concrete elements and state-of-the-art architectural components for residential, industrial, and office buildings, and in this field the...
