On 1 July 2013, the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) entered into full force and effect and superseded the Construction Products Directive without transitional period. A Declaration of...
With the so-called “High-Tech Strategy”, the Federal Government aims at assisting Germany to assume a leading role in resolving global challenges. As far as the construction industry is concerned,...
The strengthening of structural frameworks has become a major construction task amid the increasing degree of conservation and refurbishment of existing buildings and structures for sustainability...
Assessments of the corrosion resistance of building materials are currently focusing on such fields of application that are associated with biogenic sulphuric acid corrosion (BSA). In particular,...
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...
