Issue 04/2014

Concrete has many advantages: It is easily formed and provides architects and engineers great freedom in implementing their designs. But concrete is...

Hilti, within the scope of the prestigious “iF design award” competition, has won several awards for new innovative products. The international jury...

Theodor Cordes GmbH & Co. KG based in the town of Senden in North Rhine-Westphalia is a leading manufacturer of sealing systems for concrete products...

In order to avert the risks of too high water contents in manufacturing of concrete products, Ha-Be Betonchemie GmbH & Co. KG has developed the...

Besser Company announces the addition of Travis Dye to the Pipe and Precast Sales Team. Based in Sioux City, Iowa, Travis joins an outstanding sales...

Matthias Zachert (Diplom-Kaufmann), currently Chief Financial Officer at Merck KGaA based in Darmstadt, Germany, takes up office as new chairman of...

Allan Block Corporation, a leading provider of retaining walls, announces the launch of the AB Courtyard Walls Estimating App, available for the...

In February 2014, Rampf Formen, the specialist for concrete block moulds, took over the French company F3B. With the acquisition of 100 % of the...

So far, nobody on the staff of the Central Scientific Research Institute for Building Structures V.A. Kucherenko (Tsentralny nauchno-issledovatelski...

A Liebherr Betomat V 1010 mixing tower has recently been commissioned at Alfons Greten GmbH & Co. KG in Essen/Oldenburg, Germany. Featuring a diameter...

AZ Delta, one of the largest hospitals in the Belgian region of Flanders, is being built with TT slabs manufactured in the Netherlands. The general...

For upgrading the double-wall production in the Belgium precast concrete factory of Kerkstoel 2000+ so as to comply with the current state of...

Built in 1860, the Mariinskiy Theater is one of the most famous opera and ballet venues worldwide. It is situated on Theater Square right in the...

At the end of 2013, the most modern production facility for bubble-deck floor units in the whole of Mexico was commissioned in Mexico City. The new...

This year‘s colloquium „Rheological Measurements on Mineral Building Materials“ already was the 23rd edition that was organized by the University of...

As part of the Industry Forum in Ulm, Germany, the Eberhard Schöck Foundation has awarded the Schöck Bau Innovation Prizes for the fourteenth time....

From 18 to 20 February 2014 it was that time again: the German and international precast concrete industry met at the BetonTage in Neu-Ulm, Germany....

This year the European Federation for Precast Concrete (BIBM) will hold its congress from May 21 to 23. More than 400 people are expected to attend...

The AAC plant of state combine stenovykh materialov Kubani  (OOO KSMK) manufactured in 2013 more than 300,000 m³ of autoclaved aerated concrete,...

Obtaining a concrete with certain properties fundamentally depends on the concrete mix design. The double-coating method will be explained in detail...

South Africa’s largest sustainable urban drainage system and permeable paving project was completed in Cape

In rehabilitating the town center in Oberstenfeld in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, the paving contractor Bercher & Malejko decided to use the...

Users of production boards for the manufacture of concrete blocks can choose from conventional materials such as steel, softwood or hardwood, but the...

Modern buildings with their irregular shapes, innovative technologies and elaborate material combinations are highly demanding in terms of design,...

PCI Pavifix CEM ROC, USM and FFM supplement the landscaping portfolio of PCI Augsburg GmbH by three special-purpose and high-end mortars that...

(10) WO 2014/021927 A2 (22) 02.08.2013 (43) 06.02.2014 (71) LOCKWOOD, James, D. [US/US]; 5500 Flatiron Pkwy, Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80301 (US) (84)...

(11) EP 2 695 865 A2 (22) 13.08.2008 (43) 12.02.2014 Patentblatt 2014/07 (71) Dyckerhoff AG, 65203 Wiesbaden (DE) (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein...

(10) DE 20 2012 009 679 U1 (22) 10.10.2012 (45) 20.02.2014 (73) Maritime Offshore Group GmbH, 28355, Bremen, DE (57) Hauptanspruch: Vorrichtung (1)...

(10) DE 10 2004 045 766 84 (22) 21.09.2004 (43) 20.04.2006 (45)27.02.2014 (73) Polyplan GmbH Polyurethan-Maschinen, 82064, Straßlach-Dingharting, DE;...

(10) DE 10 2012107 238 A1 (22) 07.08.2012 (43) 13.02.2014 (71) fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG, 72178, Waldachtal, DE (57) Zusammenfassung: Für eine...

(10) WO 2014/024259 Al (22) 07.08.2012 (43) 13.02.2014 (71) SE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP) (84) ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ,...

(10) WO 2014/023289 A2 (22) 05.08.2013 (43) 13.02.2014 (71) UNGER, Ralph-Stephan [DE/DE];Anhalter Str. 12, 10963 Berlin (DE) (81) ARIPO (BW, GH, GM,...

Vorning Maskinfabrik ApS has developed a new efficient machine for production of concrete slats for stables in pig and cattle production. The machine...

Creativity that transcends limits inspires and opens up new possibilities. One such eye-opener is the work of art of 151 meter length entitled “Belief...