Issue 11/2016

A recent plant tour of our editorial office ended with a look into a modern showroom. Through virtual reality goggles, the editors were able to look...

In Switzerland to date, there have been no standards for architectural concrete structures that support planning, bidding documentation, and execution...

Beuth Verlag has published the second edition of the examples for the design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures to EC 2. This edition...

Greg Stratis, president of Shea Concrete Products headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, has been appointed the ­National Precast Concrete...

World of Concrete – Exhibition & Forum will take place in Europe for the first time on 22 and 23 February 2017 at the Palais de Congrès de Paris. The...

The equivalence of Eurocode 5 and DIN 1053-1 ended at the beginning of 2016. DIN EN 1996/NA became the only standard that governs structural...

The Thyssen Test Tower rises  246 m above ground level and has a diameter of 22 m. In the eleven elevator shafts inside, ThyssenKrupp Elevator,...

In the last few years, the number of complaints about discolored concrete block pavements has increased considerably. On the basis of selected...

New federally uniform regulations will be adopted for operating procedures relating to substances hazardous to water. Technical transpositions will...

Since 2005, various precast concrete elements have been manufactured at the factory in Bogor near Jakarta under the company name of PT Bonna...

Manhole cones designed with a diameter of 80mm facilitate access and transport of equipment into the sewer beneath. The manhole allows sufficient...

Since 1 April 2016, the Basic and Further Training Organization for the Concrete and Precast Industry (BBF) in Germany has been partner to the...

Last year, Fabrika Gotika paved many streets and squares in Moscow, the Russian capital. The plant is now increasing its production capacity with a...

A new residential neighborhood is currently under construction at the premises of a former brewery in Strasbourg. ­Heavy-duty, corrosion-protected...

Quite recently, the quality products made by Berding ­Beton have been in demand for a project at the Port of Hamburg. At special parts of the harbor...

Pipelines are used for the cost-effective transport of a wide range of media. To ensure their continued operational reliability, they must not only be...

Producing individual parts or small batches by 3D printing saves time, formwork and warehousing costs. How far advanced is this additive production...

An efficient shuttering system, often together with a shuttering and deshuttering robot, is the core component of a highly automated precast concrete...

In these days of advanced precast architecture, with emphasis on such issues as environmental protection and conservation of resources and...

The company Emil Steidle GmbH & Co, manufacturer of precast garages, commissioned the planning and implementation of a garage formwork system with...

The industrial engineering firm mbk Maschinenbau GmbH has over many years made a name for itself in the industry as a service-oriented company. At...

The specialty chemicals company Lanxess is producing iron oxide and chrome oxide pigments for numerous applications in the world’s largest production...

Indonesia’s construction industry, one of the biggest throughout Asia, is expecting to see the fastest market growth until 2020, according to...

The Dubai construction industry never stops growing: according to the BNC market study “Dubai Construction ­Market 2016,” commissioned by Big 5, the...

At this year’s annual general meeting of the Association of German Precast Construction (FDB) in Speyer, Germany, the FDB Management Team drew a...

(10) WO 2016/146543 A1 (22) 11.03.2016 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Stahlbetonbauteil (12’, 12’’, 12’’’) mit wenigstens einem Verbindungsabschnitt...

(10) WO 2016/146870 A1 (22) 14.03.2016 (43) 22.09.2016 (57) The invention relates to a part for fixing frames in reinforced concrete elements. The...

(10) US 2016/0265216 Al (22) 27.10.2014 (43) 15.09.2016 (57) The invention concerns a reinforced concrete element com­prising an at least partially...

(10) WO 2016/135374 Al (22) 02.02.2016 (43) 01.09.2016 (57) The invention relates to a method for constructing a prefabricated concrete element. The...

(10) DE 10 2015 104 221 Al (22) 20.03.2015 (43) 22.09.2016 (57) Ein Verfahren zum Abdichten von Betonwandteilen (10) gegenüber einem Fundament (11)...

The company Brady has developed a high-quality identification label that is resistant for more than ten years to UV radiation, the effects of...

The cement portfolio of the Holcim Deutschland Group was supplemented by several new high-performance products. Thus, the building materials supplier...

The “PowerLash with Dyneema” textile lashing chain with a lashing capacity (LC) of 5,000 daN is the result of an intensive collaboration between the...