Incompleteness of harmonized standards
Many of the harmonized product standards do not contain the complete range of methods and the degree of detail necessary to draw conclusions in respect of all...
Preliminary note
Sometimes, there is an impression of uncertainty among clients and contracting parties about the requirements to impose on concrete and in particular on the concrete cover for...
Dear visitors of the 60th BetonTage,
There is indeed something special about anniversaries, which provide the opportunity to look back on one’s achievements and to celebrate them. But wouldn’t it...
Problem
The Act on Recycling and Waste Management (Kreislauf-wirtschaftsgesetz) intends for secondary raw materials, such as recycled aggregates produced from mineral construction and demolition...
Precast concrete elements need to be much more flexible today than in the past in order to meet the multi-faceted requirements of building users. New component designs are required in terms of...
By introducing the obligation to start an energy audit and/or an energy management system (for larger companies), legislation also aims to include industry in discovering as many savings potentials in...
The Wehrhahn underground rapid transit line in Düsseldorf runs north-to-south between two ramp structures and includes six subway stations over a total length of 3.4 km.
The approach for the design...
The expansion of renewable energies is the declared objective of the German Federal Government and a central pillar of the energy transition. The Renewable Energy Sources Law (EEG) was established in...
Revised version of DIN 4109: Sound insulation in buildings
A draft of the new version of DIN 4109 has been available since 2013:
E DIN 4109-1 Sound insulation in buildings –
Requirements made on...
In its judgment of 16 October 2014 (Case C-100/13), the European Court of Justice held that the Federal Republic of Germany had breached its duty stipulated in the Construction Products Directive...
