Issue 10/2017

In the construction and in the precast industry, much is happening at the moment and possible fundamental changes are in the pipeline. The foreseeable industry-wide introduction of Building...

On 1 September 2017, Solidian’s management structure was reorganized. With construction engineer Dr. Christian Kulas and business economist Stephan Speh at the helm, the rapidly growing specialist for...

The Code of Practice “Technische Ausrüstung für die Lagerung und Anwendung von Betontrennmitteln” (2nd edition, May 2017) recently revised by Work Group 2.3 “Betontrennmittel” (Concrete Release...

The product Focus LED Circle Light from Braun turns your location into a luminous fixture. The luminaire harmonizes especially well with rounded Arena paving blocks. The LED Circle Light, with...

“Think.Tank”, the transparent or semi-transparent room-in-room solution offered by König + Neurath, includes wall elements of translucent concrete from Lucem which create closed retreat rooms to allow...

Sofistik AG celebrated its 30-year company anniversary with groundbreaking for the new office building in Nuremberg. The new building will be completely planned and implemented by means of Building...

The 1990s were a time of optimism and opportunity following the reunification of the two di-vided German states, the GDR (German Democratic Republic) and the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany). The...

Nuspl Schalungsbau and Vollert Anlagenbau will pool their expertise even more effectively in the future. The company Nuspl Schalungsbau GmbH + Co. KG, since 2012 already part of the Vollert Group,...

The Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen University) presented its competence in the fields of composites, fibre composite...

Although parking structures are built for stationary traffic, a lot goes on inside that we cannot imagine at first glance. Mechanical, chemical, and climatic stresses require sustainable repair of the...

The last race of the FIA Formula E championship in 2017 took place in Montreal, Canada, at the end of July. The Inorganic Pigments (IPG) business unit of the worldwide leading specialty chemicals...

ELE International has published a new video explaining how the latest technology in compression machines lowers costs and improves the quality and traceability of concrete testing. The video is...

The Oberhausen-Rheinhausen community in the administrative district of Karlsruhe was faced with the same issues like many other communities in Germany after 2015: How to provide refugees with...

Two fly-overs have been constructed since 10 July 2017 at a new link for expressways A6 and A7 near Joure in the Netherlands. For their construction, the company Haitsma Beton 80 delivered two...

Based on the experience of the construction of Line 1 of the Panama City Metro, the national government has opted for an expansion of the Metro as an option to improve mass transportation in the city....

A pilot project currently being implemented by Max Bögl Wind AG in the German town of Gaildorf, near Schwäbisch Hall, combines a wind farm comprising four turbines with a pumped-storage plant. This...

Thanks to the use of textile concrete, rear-ventilated concrete curtain walls are becoming increasingly popular. The non-metallic reinforcements of solidian enable the thinnest façade plates between...

The new concrete mixing plant from Amman at Betonwerk Sprenger has been in operation for only a few weeks – and its performance impresses its operators already now: High efficiency, high concrete...

Davyhulmne situated in Greater Manchester is one of the biggest and oldest sewage works in England. At present, the British company United Utilities is refurbishing and modernizing the plant at an...

The concrete façade manufactured by Systembau Eder from Peuerbach on the basis of Dycker­hoff Weiss Decor and interspersed with round window openings arranged in a regular pattern is truly an...

The German construction industry is booming. At the same time, the popularity of precast elements is increasing, thanks to prompt delivery and installation, their many positive properties and their...

The International Conference on Building Materials (Internationale Baustofftagung = Ibausil) will be held in Weimar for the twentieth time from September 12 to 14, 2018. The conference always attracts...

In France, no guidelines have yet been published that specify the requirements for permeable concrete block pavements and their performance. The Study and Research Center of the French Concrete...

The pylon of Fleher Brücke resembles the letter Y extending over the Rhine River in upside-down position. This pylon fulfils an important task because it takes up the stay cables that hold the bridge...

Halfen HIT Iso elements for thermal separation of cantilevered structural members, such as balconies, attic levels or brackets, ensure not only optimal thermal insulation; due to an insulation body of...

More than 30 years of experience in the construction materials industry characterizes the company OGS and its OGSiD software solutions. Many companies place their trust in the value-added seller in...

Digitization is omnipresent today – in society, the economy, and our workaday world. Building Information Modelling (BIM) enables digital collaboration of the parties participating in a construction...

The architect’s handbook “Betonfassaden im Thermowand-System” has by now become one of the standard works for building with concrete components from automated prefabrication. Nearly 10,000 copies have...

On 30 November 2017, planners and architects will have the opportunity to get a comprehensive understanding of the use of precast elements in structures – within the scope of the event series...

The Fachvereinigung Deut­­scher Betonfertigteilbau e.V. (FDB; German Association for Precast Construction) has revised its Code of Practice on Fire Safety and renamed it to “FDB-Merkblatt Nr. 7...

(11) EP 3 184 698 Al(22) 20.08.2014 (43) 28.06.2017 Bulletin 2017/26(57) Foundation system for the implementation of thermosolar and photovoltaic plants that comprises a component (1) made from...

(10) DE 10 2015 225 924 B4(22) 18.12.2015(43) 22.06.2017 (45) 31.08.201757) Eine Beton-Schlitzrinne mit einem Rinnenkörper, der einen über eine Längserstreckung des Rinnenkörpers durchgängigen,...

(10) US 2017/0239838 Al(22) 19.02.2016(43) 24.08.2017(57) An apparatus and method for precision forming a precast concrete flight of stairs is disclosed and where precision cut form components provide...

(10) US 2017/0234014 Al (22) 21.12.2016(43) 17.08.2017(57) A precast concrete step unit formed of left and right side-walls, risers, and treads, wherein left and right sidewalls are assembled from a...

(10) WO 2017/132425 Al(22) 26.01.2017(43) 03.08.2017(57) What is provided is a precast hollow block, a precast wall system incorporating the precast hollow block, and forms for manufacturing the...

(10) US 2017/0233230 A1(22) 24.01.2017(43) 17.08.2017(71) Vehicle Service Group, LLC, Madison, IN (US)(57) A pit for containing a vehicle lifting apparatus is constructed from a plurality of precast...

(11) RU 2 627 810 C1(22) 19.05.2016(45) 11.08.2017(57) Field: construction. Substance: steel concrete beam comprising the upper and lower belts, the wall and the concrete located in a closed loop in...

(10) DE 10 2016 111 724 Al (22) 27.06.2016(43) 31.08.2017(57) Ein in offener Bauweise erstelltes Tunnelbauwerk (100) mit wenigstens einem Betonkörper (10), dessen Außenseite mit einem...

(10) DE 20 2017 102 433 U1(22) 25.04.2017(45) 17.08.2017(57) Bewehrungsanschluss fur Betonbau­körper, umfassend—  eine Trägerleiste (2) aus Metall zur Verankerung mehrerer Bewehrungsstäbe (1),— ...

(10) US 2017/0226702 Al (22) 06.08.2015(43) 10.08.2017(57) A lifting system for a concrete component comprises a void former incorporated into the component during casting and which provides within...

(10) DE 10 2016 002 360 Al(22) 29.02.2016(43) 31.08.2017(57) Eckverbindungsvorrichtung (1) ei­ner Betonwandschalung mit zwei Schalungselementen (2, 3), die mittels der Eckverbindungsvorrichtung (1) in...

(10) US 2017/0241147 Al (22) 19.08.2015(43) 24.08.2017(57) The present invention relates to a formwork arrangement for forming a suspended concrete floor slab comprising a change in level in an...

(10) DE 10 2016 202 411 Al(22) 17.02.2016(43) 17.08.2017(57) Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren und System zum Herstellen von Betonproduk­ten im Gießverfahren mittels aus entsprechenden...