Two-way precast floor slabs require an overlapping joint of the load carrying reinforcement in both directions. As the overlapping reinforcement lies within the in-situ concrete, special detailing of...
For several decades, precast slabs with cast-in-situ infills have been successfully used in building construction and, more recently, in civil engineering. These precast elements are usually produced...
At RWTHAachen University currently a pavilion is realized with a load-bearing structure consisting of four large-sized concrete shells. As reinforcement a non-corroding high strength textile fabrics...
Who is not familiar with the situation: having to carry thick product catalogs and data sheets to the construction site. In order to avoid such trouble, Sika developed the new „Product Finder App“...
Generally accepted, internationally recognized methods (CIF and CDF) exist for testing the freeze/thaw resistance of concrete at high water saturation rates irrespective of the simultaneous action of...
Insulating materials provide heat-insulating and/or soundproofing properties and have a thermal conductivity λ of less than 0.1 W/(m·K). Commercially available thermal insulation materials usually...
Specific tasks in concrete construction, e.g. supplementing concrete in thin layers, can only be realized with flowable concrete. For these purposes, special types of flowable concretes have been in...
A fair share of visitors to a gardening exhibition expect to get familiar with new materials for outdoor spaces and their fields of use. When looking for spectacular innovations, however, they will...
Wet-cast slabs upgrade the garden in its visual appearance. They look like natural stone and are individually cast of concrete. They are suitable for terraces and pathways as well as retaining walls....
The Arena licensed group held a meeting in Esslingen (Germany) at the end of 2012. Albrecht Braun of braun-Steine located in Amstetten illustrated the 20-year history of the paver system Arena in an...
