Issue 04/2026

This spring of 2026, dear readers, offers you some top-tier industry events. Although the next bauma won’t take place until April 2028, with the BetonTage in Ulm – which just concluded – and the BIBM...

The 2026 Innovation Prize of the Supplier Industry for Concrete Components, presented on March 10 as part of the 70th BetonTage, goes to the Munich-based company Emidat. The award recognized a digital...

In recent years, the market for precast concrete elements in southern Brazil has undergone constant change. What used to be associated primarily with speed and repeatability has evolved into a more...

With an investment of around €30 million, Wienerberger, a leading provider of ecological and innovative building and infrastructure solutions, has given a sustainable boost to industrial value...

Concrete is considered a climate-damaging building material. The main reason for this is the cement it contains, which ensures that the building material holds together. The production of cement...

Climate tech company CarStorCon Technologies has proven that buildings can function as CO₂ sinks. Through the use of the innovative additive Clim@Add, over 1,000 tons of CO₂ have already been...

When municipal waste incineration ash encounters CO2, a new raw material for the construction industry could be created. An interdisciplinary consortium involving TH Cologne is therefore investigating...

25 years ago, the Dechant family laid the foundation stone for Dechant Hoch- und Ingenieurbau GmbH in Weismain. Today, the Upper Franconian family business is one of the leading specialists for...

For three days, the Congress Centrum Ulm once again served as the meeting place for the concrete and precast industry. From March 10 to 12, 2026, around 1,500 experts gathered for the 70th Concrete...

The reconstruction of the De Nieuwe Meer motorway junction is one of the most complex parts of the renovation of the A10 South. For a new overpass connecting the A10 South with the A4 towards...

For the conversion of the Berne system in Essen/Mülheim, Berding Beton supplied, among other things, 3,500 m of reinforced concrete jacking pipes with diameters ranging from DN 400 to DN 3800, with...

The Domcenter Linz, with its roof consisting of three filigree canopies, demonstrates the new potential of concrete as a building material. Concrete shell structures and double-curved shell structures...

In the chemical admixture industry, blending plants frequently face a critical analytical gap. This article presents a pragmatic and cost‑effective methodology for the rapid characterization of...

For more than 500 years, the “Drachenstich” (dragon slaying) has been one of the traditional folk plays of the Upper Palatinate town of Furth im Wald. The German UNESCO Commission has therefore...

Since 1896, Baumat AG has stood for quality and reliability in the construction industry. The family-run business headquartered in Wichtrach operates six additional sites in the Swiss canton of Bern...

Circular Construction Through Prefabrication: The Role of Precast Concrete in Sustainable and Responsible Engineering (Wit Derkowski)Prefabrication offers a unique opportunity to shift the...

International concrete exhibition GIC – taking place 16-18th April at Piacenza Expo in Italy – is on course to surpass both the exhibitor and visitor records set at the last edition in 2024, with a...

(10) DE102020122516B4(22) 28.08.2020(43) 03.03.2022(57) Betonstein (1) in Form eines im Verbund verlegbaren Flächenelementes zur Erstellung eines Flächenbelages, umfassend zumindest einen, mehrere...

(10) CN113186905(22) 10.05.2021(43) 30.07.2021(57) The invention discloses a prefabricated concrete connecting piece and a prefabricated concrete pile. The prefabricated concrete connecting piece...

(10) DE102022122444B4(22) 05.09.2022(43) 07.03.2024(57) Bauwerk umfassend mindestens zwei nebeneinander angeordnete und als Betonfertigteil (6,10) ausgebildete Bauelemente, wobei die Betonfertigteile...

(10) DE102024119506A1(22) 09.07.2024(43) 15.01.2026(57) Die Erfindung betrifft einen Konstruktionskörper zum Einbetonieren bei der Herstellung eines Betonbauteils, wie beispielsweise einer Betondecke...

(10) WO2025242240A2(22) 20.07.2025(43) 27.11.2025(57) The present invention relates to a prefabrication method and prefabrication mold for a shield segment, and a mold for a channel core mold. The...