If the principal asserts a claim against the general contractor on the grounds of delayed completion of the construction work due to a culpable breach of contractual duty by a sub-contractor, the...
Flat slabs made as precast reinforced-concrete slabs with lattice girders and an effective in-situ concrete topping prove to be cost-efficient. Nevertheless, such flat slabs – in contrast to line...
Within budgets for building construction about 60 per cent of the costs incurred in the structural design are provided for the shell construction, with the main part accounting for the floor...
Who doesn’t know the problem: the elements are suspended lopsided from transport loops and do not sit snugly in the concrete bed after being moved. The WEZ grab units for handling angular concrete...
While a dramatic shortage of oil and gas was predicted some years ago, which gave reason for an enormous increase in energy prices; this is out of question today. Oil and gas is existing in abundance,...
The German Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention Association for raw materials and the chemicals industry (BG RCI) is the statutory accident insurance institution of the concrete industry in...
BG RCI (German Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention Association for raw materials and the chemicals industry) has made a first step towards the harmonization of the different hazard rates of...
Bonding stability of pigments in hardened cement paste
The needle-shaped structures existing in the concrete block are ideal bonding spots for metal oxide pigments such as Bayferrox iron oxide...
Solar-thermal power plants concentrate incident solar radiation to provide the heat necessary for energy supply from conventional steam turbines. Parabolic trough power plants have until now...
Precast reinforced-concrete components are especially well-suited for erection of wide-spanning, unsupported structures that lead to flexible uses of real property and can be easily converted to other...
