The Wiesensee GmbH & Co. KG company has now expanded its existing production facilities by an additional batching and mixing plant. In this regard, it was especially challenging that the new equipment...
In early November KVM in Denmark presented their latest innovations at an Open Day. Hundreds of people who attended the event watched demonstrations of the new filling box concept and were able to see...
A new pallet circulation system went into operation in the precast concrete plant in 2010. The factory concept had to fulfill several tasks. First of all, they had to manage the limited space on the...
Andreas Köllreuter being member of the management board will join the supervisory board of PCI Augsburg GmbH as of January 1, 2012.
In future, the PCI’s management board will consist of the...
Since October 25, 2011, Jürgen Braungardt has been member of the management. He is the son of the company founder, Rudolf Braungardt, who established the company in Lengenfeld in the Vogtland region...
fib Bulletin 60, “Prefabrication for affordable housing”, is now available for purchase from the fib secretariat.
The need for housing has increased significantly during the last decades all over...
On 29 October 2011, the 11th General Assembly of fib convened in Lausanne and accepted the fib Model Code 2010 („MC 2010“). Publication is planned for 2012, following a final editorial review by...
After a one-year lasting renovation of the “Bibelhaus ErlebnisMuseum“ in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), the museum celebrated its reopening in May this year. Apart from the extended and re-designed...
The “Manaus – Iranduba“ bridge was opened on October 24 this year. It crosses the river Rio Negro in the middle of the Amazon region in Brazil.
Before the completion of this important bridge...
High-quality precast concrete components, in particular façade elements, referred to as architectural concrete and have to meet the highest quality requirements, have been manufactured by...