German and European standards are well established technical standards and they reflect the state of the art. Standards are a good instrument to manufacture comparable products and to distribute them...
High-performance concrete (HPC) with compressive strengths in excess of 65 N/mm2 is becoming increasingly important in state-of-the-art structural engineering projects to improve the characteristics...
The European Union has made it its goal to considerably lower CO2 emissions in the coming years. To achieve this goal, a number of directives, laws and regulations were passed, amended, and made...
Textile-reinforced concrete is a composite material comprising high-performance, fine-aggregate concrete and technical textiles; it is well-suited to create thin structures with exceedingly high...
The old topic: A fantastic (expensive) anthracite-colored concrete block was selected from the prospectuses brought along by the GaLa contractor, procured by the GaLa contractor and laid in accordance...
Concrete product manufacturers are frequently faced with the limitations of European standardization because applicable codes and standards specify many parameters but fail to provide clarity...
Light transmitting concrete has been invented in the 1930ies. Since then, this utopia – the combination of light and concrete – many publications in scientific and public magazines have been...
Tom Howell has rejoined the Besser Pipe & Precast Sales Team. He jumped back into his role as sales representative for pipe and precast in October. Producers will remember the excellent customer...
The wastewater project (Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Program, STEP) of the ultramodern capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, gives an idea of the severe conditions, imposed on the...
The shift from conventional mobile phones to high-performance smartphones is almost irreversible. According to surveys, about 50 % of Germans owned a smartphone in February 2014 [1], and this ratio...
