The general economic conditions for the Intermat/World of Concrete Europe exhibition at the end of April in Paris, could hardly have been better – in France, all signals continue to point to growth...
The Egyptian construction sector offers German companies enormous export opportunities. BNC (Project Intelligence) estimates the current project market in Egypt at 335 billion dollars. The fair...
In the Swiss Plateau region situated at the border between German and French speaking Switzerland, a typical medium-sized enterprise has allowed itself a corner extension covering nearly 600 m². In...
A formwork system was sought for the construction of a residential and commercial building with a demanding architecture in Ahlbeck, only a few paces away from the Baltic Sea. A lot of formwork...
In Riedlingen, Germany, a specialized trade show, a specialized conference and a program of lectures for the concrete and construction materials industry has now taken place for the third time. The...
The use of textile concrete enables easier and more environmentally friendly manufacture of precast garages. In a cooperation of Solidian, Beton Kemmler and RWTH Aachen University of Technology, a...
These days, when supermarkets are open nearly around the clock and virtually everything, from bread to vegan fried chicken, can be ordered by mouse click, knowledge about the cultivation of food crops...
Alexanderplatz in Berlin is one of the most important tourist attractions of the German capital. Its therefore not surprising that this area is also of interest to hotels – nor that the Motel One...
This article focuses on concrete mixers and presents a research study that led to the design of a new mixing blade prototype. This new design ensures a longer useful life of the blades than the...
At Detloff, a team of designers, engineers and production staff members optimally complement one another in development and manufacture of hardwearing products. The designers involved creatively...
Eifeler Betonbauteile GmbH was founded by Gustav Balter in 1993. Over the years, the company developed a wide range of precast elements and custom components for rail track construction. After the...
Half a century after the company foundation, the Büscher concrete plant based in Heek in the Münsterland region of Germany is aiming at increasing the fields of application for recycled concrete by...
Over the past 10 years, high seas and wave action in False Bay have impacted on beach structures located between Gordon’s Bay and the mouth of the Eerste River. A two-year research programme led to a...
The new TA-HC thermal anchor for element and sandwich wall façades offered by building materials manufacturer Schöck is fitted with a new depth limiter which prevents the thermal anchor from being...
A continuous flow of pallets through the plant is a key requirement for an efficient production process in automated precast concrete factories. It requires a similar processing time of pallets at...
Eurobend GmbH offers solutions for every precast company, regardless of size and application, with innovative and well-established machines for the production of standard and customized precast...
An extensive modernization bears fruit at A. Potthoff GmbH based in the Münsterland region of Germany: Thanks to sophisticated plant technology of EBAWE and Progress Maschinen & Automation, the...
Since 2008, the Brazilian Marna Pré-fabricados Group has been consistently concentrating on precast element architecture. The stair production line has now been extensively modernized by adding a...
“The strike once again disturbs everything,” commented the French businessman on the frantic crowds at Gare du Nord in Paris. At this transport hub, the man had to take the commuter train, just like...
For some time now, German cement and concrete plants can obtain the sustainability certificate granted by the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) (see BFT International 05/2018, page 1). To meet...
Following the successful start of the ongoing education initiative at the beginning of 2017, the second ongoing education study course for specialized engineers, specialized planners and specialized...
This year’s Info Day set a new record. The annual event to which the Baden-Wurttemberg Trade Association Concrete and Precast Concrete Plants – together with the Association for Garden, Landscape and...
Ha-Be Betonchemie has developed a highly efficient hardening accelerator for reinforced and non-reinforced concretes with the product Pantaquick C100 (BE). „We offer our customers a high-performance...
(10) WO 2018/069524 Al(22) 13.10.2017(43) 19.04.2018(57) The invention relates to a construction block (2) made of inert material, such as concrete, comprising two opposing main surfaces (4, 6), an...
(10) WO 2018/060279 Al(22) 27.09.2017(43) 05.04.2018)(57) The invention relates to a concrete ceiling (1) comprising a lower reinforcing mesh (5) and an upper reinforcing mesh (2), between which a...
(10) WO 2018/065524 Al(22) 05.10.2017(43) 12.04.2018(57) Construction element (1) for a steel/reinforced-concrete hybrid beam comprising a metal girder (10) of U-shaped cross a section, formed of a...
(10) DE 10 2016 120 047 Al (22) 20.10.2016(43) 26.04.2018(57) Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur einstückigen Herstellung eines drei Seitenelementes (24) sowie ein Bodenelement (25) und/oder...
(10) US2018112399 A1(57) A stay-in-place lining is provided for lining a structure fabricated from concrete. The lining comprises a plurality of panels connectable via complementary connector...
(10) WO 2018/068791 Al(22) 10.10.2017(43) 19.04.201857) The invention relates to a modular formwork system (1) for producing concrete elements (20), consisting of a plurality of individual molds (2),...
(10) W02018068117 A1 (22) 10.10.2017(43) 19.04.2018 (57) A structural concrete tower and assembly method, said tower comprising the superpositioning of a first (21) and a second (22) tower segment,...
(10) WO 2018/069752 Al(22) 14.10.2016(43) 19.04.2018(57) A steel reinforced concrete column for a high rise building comprises a plurality of hot-rolled steel sections extending longitudinally through...
(10) US2018112400 (A1)(57) A system and method for constructing an insulated concrete form (ICF) wall are provided. Vertically-oriented pairs of ICF foam panels of an ICF structure are erected above a...
(10) US 2018/0100302 Al (22) 06.10.2016(43) 12.04.2018(57) Precast blocks with a rectangular or quadrangular prism shape contain a normal weight hydraulic concrete casing, lightweight concrete or...
(10) DE 20 2017 107 803 U1 (22) 21.12.2017(45) 05.04.2018(57) Betonstein-Herstellvorrichtung (10), zur Verteilung von rieselfähigem Material (40), insbesondere Granulat (42), zur Ausbildung einer...
(10) DE 10 2017 009 690 Al (22) 17.10.2017(43) 19.04.2018(57) Die Erfindung betrifft ein Stahlbetonbauwerk (1) mit einem Stahlbetonbauteil (2), wobei in das Stahlbetonbauteil eine Ankerschiene (3)...
