Dear European Colleagues,
For the third consecutive year, I am honoured to write this editorial as president of BIBM, the Federation of the European Precast Concrete industry. Three years mean that my...
Structural engineers are often uncertain about how to deal with the concept of restraint stress. Relevant codes and standards are of no help either. For relevant information, they have to refer to...
What does a waterproof concrete structure achieve?
Building underground is always a big challenge to both designers and construction contractors. For this purpose, key influential parameters must be...
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...
