Issue 07/2013

Flooding in Germany, flooding in France. Heavy rainfalls have flooded entire regions and many cities in the two European countries. The rainfall rates...

The new version of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, Tekla Structures, offers construction companies of all sectors improved...

At Bauma 2013, Stekox GmbH Abdichtungstechnik presented a thermoplastic elastomer with the new polymer hydrophilic water bar Swellproof X1, which...

With version 4.0 of the design software Jordahl Expert Punching Shear Reinforcement JDA for double-headed studs as reinforcement for punching shear...

The young Dutch city of Almere was founded in 1976 on an artificially raised coastal area. The development that the city has experienced over the last...

Transit load securement for paving blocks places special requirements on securing the loads of horizontal layers, vertically packed tiles, and keeps...

Weckenmann Anlagentechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Dormettingen/Germany has further expanded its sales network to which now cooperation partners in Australia,...

The foremost goal of a curing system should be to provide a more consistent curing environment for concrete products – more consistent temperature and...

Kraft Energy GmbH and Kraft Energy, Inc. announced last month that their assets had been purchased by an international investment group. The company...

It is again very popular to use concrete as a design element for walls, staircases and other structural components. As fair-faced concrete without...

At Bauma 2013, Hebau presen­ted together with its co-opera­tion partners, Inter-Minerals and NOE, „concrete at its finest“: Hebau as an expert in...

With its “Colored Concrete Works” series of publications, Lanxess provides architects with inspiration for their work. “Numerous buildings constructed...

Friedrich Loeffler Institute located in the Baltic Sea island Riems is one of just three high-security laboratories all over the world involved in...

The Faymonville Group has optimized its Prefamax inloader for precast concrete products. Apart from the hydraulic model there is now a lighter,...

The manufacturer of building components Schöck, located in Baden-Baden/Germany, now offers a mobile version of the Schöck website (...

The specialty chemicals group Lanxess has expanded its product portfolio of black pigments for coloring construction products with powder-type...

The mixer supplier Teka is presenting a new series: the Teka high-performance Turbine Mixers (THT). The manufacturer has developed this mixer...

The First International Conference on Concrete Sustainability took place at the Toshi Center Hotel in Tokyo from May 27 to May 29, 2013. It was...

After celebrating the 50th anniversary two years ago, the Würschum company based in Ostfildern (Germany) has now set the course for the future...

Guido Westphal-Ritter (46) was appointed sole Managing Director of the two companies Vetra Betonfertigteilwerke GmbH (in Oldenburg, Germany) and Vetra...

Würschum GmbH was awarded a contract to convert the plants with new precision metering systems and was able to supply Best AG with the 18 systems...

Quality assurance measures have the aim of detecting errors as early as possible in the production process. In addition, the supplied quality must be...

The German superhighway A 72 can look back on a long history. Its construction began in the 1930s to provide a corner connection for the north-south...

Cars and motorsports are immensely popular with many Russians. For about a year, the first race circuit of the country with an international...

Precast construction is particularly suitable for countries with a high level of demand for residential and commercial buildings. During the bauma...

Concrete is actually grey, but it can be colored. Yet many aspects need to be considered to achieve the intended result.

The CTPT 3 is a computer-controlled workability tester for fresh cement mortars and wet concrete mixes that rapidly determines true engineering...

(10) WO 2013/064246 A2 (22) 3l.l0.2012 (43) 10.05.2013 (71) WOHLSECKER, Wilhelm, Bert-Brecht-Allee 5, 81737 München (DE). (57) In the previously...

(10) WO 2013/061344 Al (22) 28.10.2011 (43) 02.05.2013 (71) PENSERINI COSTRUZIONI S.R.L.; Via Mario Ricci 43, Loc. Selvagrossa, I-61122 Pesara PS...

(10) WO 2013/064707 Al (22) 29 .11.2011 (43) 10.05.2013 (71) PUENTES Y CALZADAS GRUPOS DE EMPRESAS, S.A. [ES/ES]; Ctra. De La Estacion, S/n, Sigüeiro,...

(10) OE 10 2011 087 025 A1 (22) 24.11.2011 (43) 29.05.2013 (71) Wobben Properties GmbH, 26605, Aurich, DE (57) Die Erfindung betrifft eine...

(10) DE 10 2011 053 738 A1 (22) 19.09.2011 (43) 16.05.2013 (71) Rinn Beton- und Naturstein GmbH & Co. KG, 35452, Heuchelheim, DE (57) Die Erfindung...

(10) DE 10 2007 043 270 84 (22) 11.09.2007 (43) 12.03.2009 (57) Meerwasserbeständige Betonzusammensetzung eines Unterwasserstahlbetons aus einer...

(11) EP 2 591 676 A1 (22) 02.11.2012 (43) 15.05.2013 (71) Effmert, Vilem, 39201 Sobeslav (CZ) (57) The invention relates to a concrete mixture,...

(10) DE 20 2011 052 248 U1 (22) 09.12.2011 (57) Betonkerntemperierungselement (1), das in Richtung seiner Dicke durch eine raumzugewandten Außenseite...