Issue 04/2017

It’s not possible every year for trade shows, congresses, symposia, and other events in the construction materials industry to present groundbreaking...

Seventeen times altogether, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h. c. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Hans-Wolf Reinhardt presented the Innovation Prize of the Supplier Industry for...

The construction economy is in a positive mood, and so were the delegates at this year’s BetonTage convention in Neu-Ulm. Some 2,100 participants from...

The development partners BPA GmbH (BPA) and Otto Knecht GmbH & Co. KG (Knecht) have developed a solution for the sealing of wall element joints. Since...

Many earthquake regions worldwide are built-up with buildings of skeleton frame construction made of concrete or steel, the spaces of which are...

The MasterEase range launched by BASF is a new generation of superplasticizers for low-viscosity concrete. These new agents improve the rheological...

The trend in the construction sector is clearly towards prefab construction. Transporting these often huge elements is a challenge for the driver and...

Due to the less slender design of foundations compared to flat floors and the soil contact stress acting on the former, footings exhibit a load...

In reality, concrete and concrete surfaces are subject to a large number of influences that lead to technical, functional or visual deterioration of...

Siut GmbH has developed a special concrete formula and manufacturing process which enable the selective integration of optical fibers into UHPC...

Impact plates of new modular design cater to increasingly cost-consciousness companies without cutbacks in the quality of reliable wear protection. In...

The Kniele KKM-RT 15/22,5 combines a high-intensity laboratory mixer with a rheometer that provides the rheological properties of the mix in either...

Modern, airtight windows and doors are a blessing when it comes to energy saving. Unfortunately, they also create an ideal environment for mold...

Conwood frameworks, the hybrid module made of timber and carbon concrete, according to its developers beton design factory, V. Fraas Solutions in...

R-TECH has been active in the design and production of transport racks for the precast concrete industry since 1998. The transport racks are...

Polarmoist is an outstanding optical moisture sensor designed for detecting moisture contained in concrete aggregates. The sensor embeds a...

In the field of reinforcement technology, as well as with sandwich and element walls, Combar has been a familiar constant for many years as a...

Ducon is a high-performance construction material that essentially consists of self-compacting concrete and spatial micro-reinforcement. A range of...

Since the introduction of the REACH regulation (European Chemicals Regulation), an increasing number of chemicals that formerly contributed to the...

Following the principle of “first the shell construction, then the balcony”, the new Schöck Isokorb ID element allows the subsequent installation of...

Button-headed prestressing tendons are used with end-anchorage for wire tendons in railway sleepers and for poles and towers. Button-headed...

The Institute of Structural Design (Institut für Tragwerksentwurf, ITE) of the Braunschweig University of Technology is the winner of the Innovation...

After spending several years with MC-Bauchemie in Brazil, Nicolaus Müller (31), son of Dr.-Ing. Claus-M. Müller, Managing Partner of MC-Bauchemie...

The company PT PP (Persero) Tbk – founded in 1953 by the Indonesian government under the name NV Pembangunan Perumahan – became the country’s first...

Lucem GmbH is currently involved in a very remarkable project in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. A bank building under construction will feature a...

The third Expertise & Construction Day will take place on 6 July 2017 in Épernon, located around 80 km southwest of Paris. The event is organized by...

On 1 January 2017, the company Avermann in Osnabrück, Germany, reorganized the previous corporate divisions Betonfertigteiltechnik (precast concrete engineering) and Umwelttechnik (environmental...

BCC Infrastructures Pvt Ltd (BCC) is one of the major real property developers in India and is currently building around 9,000 dwelling units in...

Elematic Oyj, a world-leading manufacturer of precast concrete plants and production lines for walls, floors, frames and foundations, is supplying an...

Pemat, technology leader in mixers, skip hoists and complete mixing plants, is 40 years old. Founded to manufacture and market machinery for the...

Since the high quality production standards on all rebar or wire straightening and cutting operations are set with the Melc Rotor Straightening...

Having been active in the building industry for almost a whole century, Gebr. Kaltenbach GmbH & Co. based in the Swabian town of Dornstetten opted for...

The 12th International Conference on Concrete Block Pavement (ICCBP 2018) will take place from 16 to 19 October 2018 in Seoul, Korea. The event will...

It is a tradition already: Following the two-year rhythm, the Engineering Days again will turn the pre-Christmas Vienna into the center of the precast...

The use of the residue RBMG can be seen as a viable alternative for the use of concretes with lower cement content and the requirement of more...

Phoenix Paver, the manufacturer of concrete products established in the U.S. state of Arizona in 2005, guarantees the ­highest level of quality...

The Huber concrete plant in Altomünster, Bavaria, produces about 600 tonnes of concrete goods daily in a variety of shapes and sizes. The main focus...

In cooperation with the German Associations mentioned below, BFT International is publishing the position adopted by the organizations on a current...

The evening event of the 61st BetonTage provided the festive setting for presenting the Young-Generation Prizes for Structural Concrete Components,...

The Schöck Bau Innovation Prizes, awarded by the Eberhard Schöck Foundation and Schöck Bauteile GmbH, were presented in Ulm within the context of the...

The Strakon software for planning structural systems, reinforcement, and precasting from Dicad Systems was recently introduced in its new Version...

10) US 2017/0044754 Al (22) 05.08.2016 (43) 16.02.2017 (57) A precast modular element of continuous reinforced con­crete slab, of varying composition...

(10) WO 2017/029686 Al (22) 14.08.2015 (43) 23.02.2017 (57) Building system for realizing buildings comprising a plurality of blocks (1) for realizing...

(11) EP 3 130 713 Al (22) 08.08.2015 (43) 15.02.2017 Patentblatt 2017/07 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Bauwerk (1) mit einem ersten Betonfertigteil...

(10) DE 20 2016 007 440 U1 (22) 07.12.2016 (45) 23.02.2017 (57) Porenbeton-Bauteil mit: einem kubisch geformten Körper (12; 112; 212) aus Po­renbeton,...

(10) DE 20 2016 106 081 U1 (22) 28.10.2016 (45) Bekanntmachungstag im Patentblatt: 02.02.2017 (57) Betonsteinsatz (1, 101, 201) zur Befestigung eines...

(10) DE 20 2016 006 907 (22) 10.11.2016 (45) 16.02.2017 (57) Pflasterpaket aus Pflastersteinen aus Beton in rechteckiger Quaderform, die auf kleinsten...

(10) WO 2017/017393 Al (22) 29.07.2016 (43) 02.02.2017 (57) The invention concerns a composite system for reinforcing, in particular, structures made...

(10) DE 10 2015 113 302 Al (22) 12.08.2015 (43) 16.02.2017 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Betonbau­teil-Bewehrungselement. Erfindungsgemäß wird...

(11) EP 3 128 096 096 A1 (22) 03.08.2016 (57) A system for post tensioning a concrete member is disclosed. The system may include an anchor body, and...

(10) US 2017/0037627 (22) 12.08.2016 (43) 09.02.2017 (57) An anchor for supporting a load comprises an anchor rod having a lower threaded portion for...

(10) DE 10 2014 009 806 B4 (22) 03.07.2014 (43) 07.01.2016 (45) 16.02.2017 (57) Ballast für einen Kran, wobei der Ballast (1) ein einstückiger...

(10) EP 3 124 454 Al (22) 27.07.2015 (43) 01.02.2017 (57) Process for restoring the « performance » of a cement slurry based on white or grey cement,...

(10) DE 10 2015 113 077 Al (22) 07.08.2015 (43) 09.02.2017 (57) Die Erfindung betrifft eine Schal­form (10) zur Herstellung von mindestens einem...