Ladies and gentlemen, dear congress attendees,
On 5 December 2012, famous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer died at the age of almost 105. He concentrated almost exclusively on reinforced concrete at...
Initial situation
The concept of sustainability refers to the use of a regenerative system in such a way that this system is preserved with respect to its essential characteristics and that its...
The number of European product standards for precast concrete elements has been increased to 40 by now. On one side it demonstrates the high individual development of precast concrete elements, on the...
In most concrete engineering applications, a concrete testing age of 28 days is useful to determine its strength, which also applies to on-site monitoring. On the one hand, the concrete has usually...
According to information published by the Bundesverband Straße, Landschaft, Garten e.V. (SLG; Federal Association for Road Construction, Landscaping and Gardening), the 2009-10 and 2010-11 winter...
Timber beam floors often need to be strengthened as a result of changes in building use or because of increasingly demanding requirements. A tried and tested approach to achieving this is to create a...
Rationale
High-performance concretes (HPCs) are becoming increasingly attractive in construction practice due to their very dense matrix that results in outstanding durability and strength parameters....
