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Focal point on questions of safety and quality

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Hosts and speakers for this year’s Dyckerhoff Weiss Cast Stone Convention (from left to right): Martin Möllmann, Andreas Kruse, Dr. Karl-Uwe Voss, Dr. Marcus Paul, Harry Schwab, Professor Dr. Andreas Gerdes, and Christian Bechtoldt

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Figure: BFT International

Around 120 experts from the skilled trades, industry, and science met at the Dyckerhoff Weiss Cast Stone Convention in Wiesbaden

Figure: BFT International

At this year’s Dyckerhoff Weiss Cast Stone Convention, which took place in late April in Wiesbaden, Germany, the focus was on questions and solutions concerning issues of safety and quality. In addition, opportunities were examined for solutions offered by construction chemistry for application with concrete products and precast concrete elements – as well as possibilities concerning the topics of slip resistance and color deviation. Not least, participants profited from the presentation of a very special kind of precast-concrete reference project in the form of the interior façades of the new...

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