Until recently, most complex industrial buildings in Chile used to be built from steel. However, because of the country’s proximityto the sea, there is a trend to now build them in precast concrete,...
Directly adjacent to the “Ohligsmühle” stop of the aerial tramway in the German city of Wuppertal, a prestigious office building with a gross floor space of approx. 18,000 m² was erected. The...
Permeable interlocking concrete paving (PICP) is a prominent landscaping feature at Alchemy Architects’ new office premises in Edenvale, Johannesburg. Completed in December 2013, the modern...
Echo Prestress hollow-core concrete slabs, in combination with structural steel frames and raft foundations, were used for the fast-track construction of a new office development at Clearwater Estate...
In 2015, Ibausil, the International Conference on Building Materials, will take place in Weimar already for the 19th time. Headed by the Director of the F.A. Finger Institute for Building Materials...
The Ukrainian construction company KhmelnizkZalisoBeton (“KHM”) – produces hollow core slabs with a Finnish extruder production line, and reinforced foundation piles made of wet-cast concrete in...
Following the takeover of Zenith, which looks after more than 7,000 customers worldwide, the name Q & G Maschinenbau is changed with immediate effect to Zenith Emden GmbH.
Q & G Maschinenbau GmbH...
1 Characterizing superplasticizers interaction with mineral additions
The proliferation of high performance concretes in the last two decades has drawn attention to fine materials used to partially...
Cracks, from a certain width, diminish the serviceability of a structural member to the point of danger of collapse. Repair by crack injection, where special epoxy resins connect the edges of the...
On Friday, 22 August 2014, Besser proudly celebrated its 110th anniversary, 60 years of education and 10 years as an employee-owned company. Over 700 guests, including customers, employees,...
