Shortage of skilled workers and digitalization are two of the trends that will present the working world with enormous challenges. These are precisely the two issues addressed by the German Federal...
The processing of cementitious materials is at the technological core of modern construction. In recent years, new construction techniques such as 3D concrete printing have been developed that open up...
“Young Refugees in Training” and “Refugees in Training and Employment” are the projects for integrating refugees into the training and labor market of both the Swabia and Ulm Chamber of...
From a quantitative perspective, the 2014–15 refugee migration to Germany is historically unique. The majority of incoming asylum seekers are young: in the first half of 2016, over 70 percent were...
The durability of building materials plays a crucial role in the construction of sustainable buildings or structures. This is where concrete can exploit its strengths to the full. For this reason, a...
On-site quality control for concrete is well established in reinforced concrete construction. Simple standard tests, which can be carried out by a lot of material testing institutes, allow for an...
Since December 2014, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has been funding the “WiTraBau – Wissenstransfer im Bauwesen” (Knowledge Transfer in the Construction Industry) project...
At present, high-strength and ultra-high performance concretes gain more and more in importance across the world. They are characterized by an optimized packing of the particles as well as by...
The growing number of heavy rainfall events sensitizes citizens and local authorities even more. Locally extreme precipitations, without any appreciable prior warning, lead to high damages to...
The Mehlem brook has a catchment area of about 18 km². The flow in the brook amounts to generally around 50 to 200 l/s. In July 2010, an extreme event occurred with a less than 1000-year frequency,...