Issue 03/2016

For the precast concrete industry and its suppliers, two highlights this spring will follow in quick succession: The 60th BetonTage in the German city...

In the Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg, around 130 refugees from the war- and crisis-torn regions of Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan are currently being...

Master Builders Solutions does not use any longer flammable solvents for their newly formulated concrete release agents. According to the information...

Liebherr will be unveiling the Mobilmix 2.5 system, its latest mobile concrete mixing unit, at Bauma 2016. Its output has been increased by 10 m³ to...

The strength of concrete is important; often, however, the verification of deflections and minimum rigidities are decisive factors for the design. A...

In summer 2015 the European Commission submitted a complaint to Germany due to several years of non-compliance with the threshold value of 40 µg/m³...

The first version of the so-called “Concrete Shelter” in modular design served as emergency refugee shelter for people displaced from regions of war...

Besser Company and ­ECOncrete Tech Ltd. have jointly embarked on a project to develop a high production dry cast system to use ECOncrete’s proprietary...

Imko GmbH based in Ettlingen, Germany, is one of the nominees for this year’s Bauma Innovation Award for its mobile Sono-WZ water/cement analyzer. The...

Effective construction elements – e.g., Schöck Tronsole, of which all types are tested in accordance with DIN draft 7396 – provide reliable insulation...

The Argentinian company Zonis has already made a name for itself amongst other things in railway and underground construction and decided in 2013 to...

Sobha Limited, established in 1995 and headquartered in Bangalore, has by now executed over 360 construction projects. The company is today one of the...

Cage welding machines for the production of reinforcement cages for the manhole and concrete pipe industry are one of the business cornerstones of the...

Situated in the heart of Berlin, directly at the waterfront, right next to Berlin Main Station – these are the key attributes that characterize the...

In the context of the KTI Innovation Days, KTI-Plersch Kältetechnik GmbH has recently opened the factory gates to customers, representatives from...

A ground-breaking idea premiered just two years ago: the mobile battery mold (MBM) developed by Weckenmann, the Swabian equipment manufacturer. The...

The sewer system in the small German town of Ballenstedt, which is situated at the rim of the Harz mountain range, is currently being replaced and...

Robusta Gaukel has evolved into a hidden champion through Swabian virtues and inventive talents. Now, 50 years after the foundation, the products of the family-owned company are used at concrete...

Around 190 interested customers, architects and planners, as well as representatives of authorities and research institutions met on 02 November 2015...

Following the successful event of the previous year in Singapore, the Engineering Days, which understood themselves as platform for discussion between...

Energy efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and durability are playing an increasingly important role for building products and building structures. In...

Two-stage concrete (TSC) is an innovative concrete that does not require vibration for placing and compaction. This paper presents the results of a...

The Darmstadt Precast Days will take place, for the ninth time, on 21 and 22 March and on 7 and 8 April 2016, at TU Darmstadt. Recognized experts will...

The direct exchange with other professionals – this is the reason for what most attendees appreciate the SLG plant manager conference. And it is...

At this place BFT International – regularly, and in collaboration with the German associations listed below – is publishing the position taken by...

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During refurbishment and new construction of parking and traffic areas there are always time-sensitive areas. These include entrances and exits,...

You cannot see them, but you frequently hear them as contact from wheeled traffic invariably gives rise to noise and vibration. Industrial trucks such...

StoCrete has developed new injection resins for repairing defective structures and for durably closing cracks to restore the function and...

In the bulk materials industry, materials often have to be filled in or discharged rapidly and at high flow rates. The materials are directed to...

Sofistik closes the final gaps in the BIM-based workflow of structural engineering by the new versions of the software for calculation, design and...

The efforts of the Haarup design team have resulted in the development of a new generation of gearboxes for Haarup’s 3,000 and 3,750 l concrete...