Issue 03/2012

The BetonTage in Ulm from 7 to 9 February of this year, was again a great success. Despite partly adverse weather conditions, especially on the...

Tecboard, manufacturer of lightweight, innovative production boards made of fiber-reinforced plastics material, has expanded its production line by a...

In Siegen (Germany) a Lidl supermarket was built, which in particular distinguishes itself from other branches of the retail chain in one aspect: the...

On January 17, 2012, the endowed chair of construction chemicals at Technische Universität Berlin sponsored by Deutsche Bauchemie e.V. (German...

In spring 2011, the construction company Heuchert based in Neumünster (Germany) was awarded a contract for manufacturing and installing the precast...

The Bernkastel-Kues-based Inno­gration GmbH founded in 2010 designs, manufactures and sales multifunctional precast concrete floor elements. The...

In the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, Line 1 of the Trensurb, which already today connects Porto Alegre, Canoas, Esteio, Sapucaia do Sul, and...

At this year’s BetonTage congress in Neu-Ulm, V. Fraas Solutions in Textile was awarded the 2012 Innovation Prize for Structural Concrete Products of...

The development of innovative materials, such as textile-reinforced concrete or ultra-high performance concrete, makes it possible to build slender...

Ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBFS), a byproduct of the basic iron-making process, is used in Germany almost exclusively as principal...

An innovative lifting device at SPL in Landaul, France, ensures efficient loading of prepicked double walls onto inloader racks. The load beam,...

When the Teknologisk Institute in Denmark decided to install a state-of-the-art concrete laboratory, Haarup Maskinfabrik A/S was chosen to supply a...

The overhead crane and hoist manufacturer Abus Kransysteme GmbH is expanding its product range. As of now, the product portfolio of the...

The methods used for sealing the joints between precast components used are to this day often outdated, although (demonstrably) more economical...

The glass fiber reinforcement „Schöck ComBAR“ (the name ComBAR derives from “composite rebar”) was granted the seal of approval of the IBR called...