Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear readers,
Have you ever asked yourself what the reasons for success are? Or have you ever googled the term “success”, which is what most people do nowadays? You will...
Energy storage systems are becoming increasingly important in the course of expanding generation from wind power and photovoltaics in order to resolve the residual load issue in electricity grids....
Concrete needs to exhibit a high freeze-thaw resistance to ensure long service lives, particularly in the case of concrete products used in road construction. This characteristic is primarily achieved...
On 28 March 2014, the new EU legislative package on procurement was published in the Official Journal of the EU. The most extensive reform of the EU procurement law since 2004 comprises three...
Introduction
In the end, a sustainable use and maintenance of the infrastructure is an intergenerational duty, which is only fulfilled inadequately by the public sector owing to several reasons, as...
The ongoing discussion on closed-loop recycling is increasingly focusing on the construction industry which uses significant amounts of mineral resources and counts among the large waste producers. In...
Introduction
Seven partners from research, industry and standardization (see Fig. 1) have joined forces to accelerate the transfer of innovative materials from the laboratory scale to practice. The...
Issue 02/2016New construction of the Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism at Königsplatz in Munich. Permanent exhibition, temporary exhibition, seminar rooms, conference room, library, administration
Over the last few years, the requirements on bridge structures have considerably increased owing to the growing traffic volume and they are due to become even more stringent in the years ahead. A not...
Since February 2005, the freeze-thaw resistance of concrete pavers had to be determined in the modified slab test in accordance with DIN EN 1338. Some clients favor the CDF method even though there...
