For the construction of the 32.9 km long Koralm railway tunnel, the Austrian National Railways (ÖBB) decided to use the excavated materials for upgrading the aggregates to be used in concrete...
Unfortunately, graffiti quite rarely appears to be art. Mostly, it is vandalism and provocation through slogans meant to attract attention - and besides using inappropriate places. Spray paints,...
Owing to the fact that clamp silos have to be reliable in the long-term, a new, nation-wide ordinance on facilities for handling substances hazardous to water is being developed at present in Germany....
The Skako division for concrete batching and mixing equipment has signed a large contract for delivery of equipment for a concrete batching and mixing plant in Russia. The delivery is part of a major...
The German BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in collaboration with the German Metrology Institute (PTB) are organising an Africa wide Proficiency Testing Scheme for the year...
In 2013, Russian industry had been manufacturing larger quantities of almost all basic building materials and construction elements compared to the same period in 2012. This was announced by the...
More than 50 years after the company foundation, Betonwerk Münstermann has completely modernized the production plant. The new block production line that was supplied by Rekers GmbH Maschinen- und...
On the 110th anniversary of the Klostermann concrete plant, Managing Director Peter Klostermann, after nearly four decades at the helm of the company, passes on the torch to his son. Florian...
The new “Tronsole” impact sound protection program from Schöck, the building component supplier, is now available from the special building products trade. The current program will be...
Heidelberg Cement presented the preliminary figures for the full year 2013. The sales volumes of cement, clinker and blast-furnace slag rose by 2.6 % from 89.0 million tons in 2012 to 91.3 million...
