The Thyssen Test Tower rises 246 m above ground level and has a diameter of 22 m. In the eleven elevator shafts inside, ThyssenKrupp Elevator, beginning in 2017, will test and certify elevators with...
The Association of German Precast Construction (FDB - Fachvereinigung Deutscher Betonfertigteilbau e.V.) expands their code of practice collection by two new codes of practice:
The FDB Code of...
A recent plant tour of our editorial office ended with a look into a modern showroom. Through virtual reality goggles, the editors were able to look at the finished product of the plant, a comfortable...
At this year’s annual general meeting of the Association of German Precast Construction (FDB) in Speyer, Germany, the FDB Management Team drew a positive balance for the year 2016 until now: all...
In the last few years, the number of complaints about discolored concrete block pavements has increased considerably [6], [7], [9], [10]. This raises the question why the number of complaints owing to...
The investment could be described as unusual. While the clear majority of Russian businessmen hesitate to invest in plant engineering amid the continuing crisis and unfavourable euro – rouble and...
Peikko Group has made an investment decision to build a new Deltabeam factory in Kaunas, Lithuania. The new factory will be built next to Peikko’s existing Kaunas factory. The investment exceeds 9...
BFT International, in collaboration with the German associations listed below, regularly publishes statements in this section of the magazine on positions taken by these organizations on a current...
The new German standard DIN 4109 “Sound insulation in buildings” is supposed to replace the old version of DIN 4109 from 1989 in the last quarter of this year. The revision of the standard had...
GLB is a subsidiary company of Shar Kurylys, a big building contractor headquartered in Astana. Up to now, Shar Kurylys has bought their precast concrete elements from external sources, but the...
