The use of self-compacting concrete (SCC) has not yet become as widespread in Europe as originally hoped despite its numerous concrete technology benefits in terms of workability and product quality....
Concrete is the most widespread construction material of our times – about 12 billion m3 of concrete are produced worldwide each year. The manufacture of cement, as one of the raw materials of...
Clauses in sub-contractor contracts
In the chain of performances under a contract for work and services, contracts between client and general contractor and contracts between general contractor and...
Ultra-high-strength concrete (UHSC) is the result of new developments in the field of concrete technology, particularly of superplasticizers, and of the option to optimize packing density in the fine...
The use of non-metallic reinforcements such as rebar or extensive grids (“textile reinforcements”, Fig. 1) that consist of fiber-composite plastics enables entirely new structures and fields of...
Fastening technology has attained a remarkable technical standard in recent decades, particularly in the field of expansion anchors. While fastening with expanded anchors for structural components of...
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...
