Concrete block road surfacings are an established alternative to concrete and asphalt surfacings, in particular in inner-city areas, since they enable simple and rapid construction and are of high...
In cities and local communities, unwanted graffiti on façades, bridges and other surfaces has become a major nuisance whose removal is posing big challenges to local authorities and property owners....
The need for improving energy efficiency of buildings and the request of building owners for the highest possible comfort require using energy in a resource-conserving way as well as concepts for...
The range of possibilities available for coloring concrete products with the great number of pigments now available enables a truly colorful product spectrum. At the same time, though, there is now...
One of the key objectives of the German federal government is to increase the share of renewable energies, which is one of the pillars of the energy transition. The Act on Renewable Energy Sources...
Motivation
During the last few years, the construction industry is seeing a trend towards the development of new high-performance materials featuring tailor-made properties (Fig. 1). New materials...
The introduction of new high-performance composite materials into general building practice is the main driving force for innovations in the construction industry at present [1]. However, they can...
The carbonation of concrete and mortar can cause reinforcement corrosion. Therefore, the resistance to carbonation of concrete is an essential parameter for the evaluation of the durability of...
The political and social interest in reducing greenhouse gases has an influence on the developments in the construction industry too. This applies in particular to concrete construction, which...
For some years, concrete manufacturers have increasingly been reporting on problems with clay contaminations in aggregates resulting in higher dosages of superplasticizers, in particular, of...
