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DBV codes of practice update –

New editions of DBV-Merkblatt on architectural concrete 2015 [1]

The philosophy of the DBV-Merkblatt for architectural concrete is to promote dialogue and communication among project participants through systematization and classification of the various requirements placed on architectural concrete. It describes the procedure for assessing and accepting architectural concrete components.

The first version of this code of practice was published in August of 2004. Since 2004 and/or 2008 (second corrected reprint), architectural concrete technology has further developed. In updating the code of...

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