The present case refers to the legal relationship between the shell construction contractor and the precast producer that manufactures and delivers the semi-precast floor units. Pursuant to section...
A developer is constructing a hotel and – as it subsequently turns out – requires the room ceilings to be smooth with a “premium-quality paint finish” and indirect lighting. Work is split...
Assumption 1
The specifications contained in the Code of Practice on parking garages and underground car parks (p. 23) do not apply to the load-bearing, uncoated reinforced-concrete foundation slab...
Topic
This paper exclusively deals with underground car park foundation slabs, rather than vehicle-accessed intermediate and top decks of parking garages and underground car parks. Besides the fact...
Introduction
As a result of the introduction of the partial safety concept, the safety factors to be considered in the ultimate limit state design must be divided into the action Ed and the resistance...
Sustainability continues to be a key socio-economic development trend with particular relevance to the construction and property sectors. In the building materials and construction supplier...
Concrete has long been used for drinking water applications: the wealth of experience gained in the last few decades shows that the alkaline environment created by the concrete or reinforced concrete...
Often inexperienced users of standards believe that standards are some kind of “Ten Commandments” of technology that cannot be changed any more. But standards reflect the accepted rules of...
Ensuring a reliable, economical, and environmentally compatible energy supply is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Apart from more intensive use of regenerative energy, more...
Compared to the DIN 1053-1:1996 and DIN 1053-100:2007 masonry standards, DIN EN 1996-3:2010 [1] contains significant improvements and simplifications in conjunction with the National Annex [2]...
