IAB Weimar

IAB Science Days concrete(ly) unbeatable

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Wolfgang Tiefensee, Minister for Economy, Science, and Digital Society of Thuringia, was one of the keynote speakers at this year’s IAB Science Days

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Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Palzer, the Institute Director, again moderated high-ranking speakers for around 300 participants “concrete(ly) unbeatable”

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In addition to the lectures given at the podium discussions for Construction Materials and Precast Elements / Concrete Products, interesting technical presentations were also held for Processes and Equipment – such as by Peter Ortmann, Managing Director at Knauer Engineering, on the new Duplex block

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In the accompanying exhibition, the speakers and visitors had an opportunity for an exchange of experience – here Hubert Rapperstorfer (left) and Marco Hahn at the info stand of Bauverlag

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Concrete, the “liquid rock,” made its twenty-first century arrival long ago. It was the focus of this year’s Science Days, the IAB-Wissenschaftstage, on 16 and 17 November in Weimar, Germany. The theme was the development of concrete from a low-tech to a high-tech construction material, as well as the specific technical and technological innovations of concrete that will decide how the key challenges of resource scarcity and climate change can be mastered with the help of intensive and practice-oriented research. In addition to the third IAB Science Days, the 23^rd IFF Conference and the 21^st...