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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...

In the wake of the development of high-performance and ultra-high-performance concrete, as well as novel types of glass-fiber, carbon or micro-reinforcements, engineers embarked on designing and...

Reinforced concrete members without shear reinforcement are calculated using a semi-empirical model that builds up on the tooth model proposed by Reineck [1]. Significant contributions are made by the...

Headquartered in the Lower Saxony town of Nordhorn, Pyratec GmbH began to specialize in the overhaul of production pallets many years ago. After successful tests, the Southern German Company Peri decided to cooperate closely with Pyratec in future: as a result, the specialist company will now take on the sustainable renovation of Peri production pallets with immediate effect...

Precast prestressed concrete floor slabs (prestressed concrete hollow core floors) are primarily used in industrial and commercial construction, in residential construction, for garages and schools....

Due to the production process, structural components made of spun concrete feature a rotationally symmetric hollow section as well as a very low-porous concrete structure. In combination with using...