Dear ladies and gentlemen, dear readers:
This year‘s motto of the BetonTage congress „Smart Concretes“ describes a new challenge of the technological development of concretes. Originally the...
On 24 April 2011, the new Construction Products Regulation (CPR) came into force and, on 1 July 2013, replaced the previously valid Construction Products Directive in its entirety. The requirements...
Any evaluation or design of an existing structural framework that is not covered by grandfathering or conservation clauses must usually be performed on the basis of currently applicable, officially...
PCE-based superplasticizers are commonly used as concrete additives to manufacture precast elements and ready-mixed concrete. They are mainly used for the production of self-compacting or easily...
Disruptions of operations are due to the large number of parties involved and the multitude of possible and in part unforeseeable and unpreventable attendant circumstances during the operation of...
Safety during the construction and operation of small wastewater treatment plants is covered in many laws, regulations, and stan-dards. But a summary, simply accessible under the heading “small...
Because of the keen competition here in Germany, many suppliers of small wastewater treatment plants are heading to the other European countries. They mostly hope to escape from the German competitive...
Background
Using reinforced concrete floors as space for building services becomes more and more common in practice. Conduits are built in the concrete cross-section being used for ventilation...
While DIN EN 1992-1-1 and the national annex of Germany treat punching shear design for in-situ concrete slabs and centrically loaded footings in great detail [1, 2], joints between semi precast...
The revision of the standard relating to cladding for external walls has been concluded in the parts DIN 18516-1 (general principles), DIN 18516-3 (natural stone) and DIN 18516-5 (cast stone). In the...
