A large number of new bridges need to be built in conjunction with maintaining and expanding the transport infrastructure in Germany. Precast construction can make a major contribution to achieving...
According to ECJ judgment in case C-100/13 delivered on October 16, 2014, the Federal Republic of Germany is no longer allowed to impose additional requirements on the use of construction products...
DUCON (DUctile CONcrete) merges a high-strength concrete design with a three-dimensional micro-reinforcement to create an innovative, ductile, extremely load-resistant high-performance concrete. This...
The implementation of version EN 12566-3:2005+A2:2013 fundamentally changes the requirements applying to the durability of small wastewater treatment plant and the materials of their tanks.Until now,...
According to present-day requirements, modern masonry buildings made of lightweight concrete blocks must be perfectly designed as far as architecture, statics, energy efficiency as well as sound and...
The presentation deals with an engineering model on the basis of tests regarding the load-bearing behavior of roof sandwich elements comprising 70 mm thin reinforced concrete shells each and a...
Near Grießelbach in the Neumarkt district, the road St 2220 was reconstructed to overpass the federal road B 229 without intersection. The rerouting was achieved by means of a bridge structure built...
The title of the project “autartec” is derived from autarkic. An autarkic system is largely independent of external influences and supplies itself. If we want to build in an autarkic way, this...
A year ago, the so-called “cage wall” system of Rapperstorfer Automation was presented on the BetonTage congress held in Ulm, for the first time. The Innovation Prize for structural concrete...
Additive manufacturing methods (“3D printing”, or “3DP”) have already gained a foothold in many industrial areas. So-called “3D printers” are also increasingly being used by end consumers....
