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...
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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....
Manufacturers of concrete products have been working with photocatalytically active surfaces for a number of years. In collaboration with HeidelbergCement AG, a software tool for quantitative...
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Freeze/thaw resistance at moderate water saturation levels – current findings with respect to the XF2 freeze/thaw test method
Frostwiderstand bei mäßiger Wassersättigung –...
The award of works or services on the basis of contracts for work can be an option to achieve a greater degree of flexibility within the business. Issues such as the continued payment of wages and...
