Introduction
Innovative developments in the area of building materials enable construction of energy-efficient architectural concrete façades. Light and airy façades made of (ultra-)high performance...
Demolished in 1950 by the GDR regime, the German Lower House of Parliament decided, in 2002, to rebuild the Hohenzollern Palace with three sides of baroque façades and one of the courts...
Truss structures rank among the most efficient structures in civil engineering. On the one hand, the distribution among tension and compression struts allows high material utilization as well as ...
Sustainability continues to be a major trend in socioeconomic development and especially in the development of the construction industry, not least also for and in the building materials and building...
Background
The use of bar diameters larger 32 mm enables a significant simplification to be achieved in the reinforcement layout of highly stressed reinforced-concrete elements such as columns,...
Efficient use of energy is one of the key prerequisites to ensure sustainable development of our economy. This endeavor is not only related to implementing environmental and climate policy targets but...
The large number of existing structures and the high cost of new construction have led to a situation where the strengthening, maintenance and rehabilitation of existing structures is becoming...
DIN EN 1992-4 has been derived from the revision of CEN/TS 1992-4 which comprises a general first part plus four additional, product-specific parts for headed fasteners, anchor channels, mechanical...
The judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in case C-100/13 of 16 October 2014 [1] has raised serious concerns in all areas of the German construction industry. According to the general...
Precast reinforced-concrete elements have been successfully used in industrial and commercial construction for many decades. Such structural frameworks excel with their benefits in respect of fire...
