The next-generation material

R concrete: resource-saving concrete

The collaborative research project entitled “R Concrete – Resource-Saving Concrete – The Next-Generation Material” aims to identify ways to permanently remove standardization obstacles in order to reuse mineral construction waste without decreasing the quality of the resulting building material or burdening the environment. The members of the project consortium are well positioned to cover and investigate all aspects that currently hamper the large-scale market launch of R concrete.

This project should develop practice-driven application rules that enable significant progress compared to the...

Issue 02/2025

ReCyCONtrol project consortium – Key technologies for the digital revolution in concrete construction

In Europe and Turkey, about 600,000 batches of ready-mixed concrete are produced every day. According to estimates, over 80% of these batches are remarkably similar in composition, which results in...

Issue 02/2016 From ideas to standardized application

New material developments in construction –

Introduction Seven partners from research, industry and standardization (see Fig. 1) have joined forces to accelerate the transfer of innovative materials from the laboratory scale to practice. The...

Issue 03/2022 HTWK Leipzig

Million-euro grant for research project: Leipzig University of Applied Sciences develops multifunctional, standardized carbon-reinforced concrete components

Carbon-reinforced concrete can make a major contribution to climate-friendly construction because, unlike the widely used steel-reinforced concrete, this new building material saves resources such as...

Issue 02/2024 AMMANN ELBA

CFS 30 SL Elba concrete batching plant for research

Resource-saving, sustainable carbon concretes are being developed and tested at the HTWK in Leipzig. The modern building material is mixed in an Ammann CFS 30 SL Elba concrete mixing plant as part of...

Issue 09/2013 Helio Clean/Dyckerhoff

Research project on nitrogen oxide reduction

From 2009 to 2012, the Helio Clean project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research dealt with the catalytic disintegration of air pollutants under sunlight exposure using building...

BFT 02/2017