Issue 08/2018

Familiar faces, new business cards. Normally, the matter would be clear and not worth mentioning – change of employer. At bauma CTT Russia 2018 in Moscow, the largest trade show for construction...

An inloader pallet at a major construction site in Northern Europe was blown down by strong gusts during a thunderstorm in the spring of 2018. An accident, which happens and may happen, every now and...

Underdog Croatia reached the final. Tournament favorite Germany, however, had to book their flight back home already after the group stage. The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia was full of surprises...

Lightweight concrete structures gain more and more attention and receive awards, like the recent Concrete Architecture Prize for a refined residence in Swabian and a notable concert hall in the...

Carbon and textile concrete is gaining increasing significance in construction practice and is already today an integral part of numerous basic and practice-related research projects. The Carbon and...

According to Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., 25 % of company customers worldwide use the digital customer integration platform Cemex Go.Cemex Go supports all customer procedures. Cemex Go enables customers to...

From 20 to 26 October 2018, CSG Engineering S.r.l. will again organize a Technical Mission to Italy, starting and ending in Milan. During the week in Italy, participants will learn a lot about Italian...

Kevin Curtis, Besser Company CEO and President, announces the promotion of Duane Rondeau to the position of Executive Director of Sales – Masonry & Hardscape. In this new role, Rondeau is responsible...

Rapid International Ltd, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, has recently supplied Cemex UK with a new Rapidmix 600CW mobile continuous concrete mixing plant/pug mill for production of cementitious mixes...

Carbon and textile concrete is gaining increasing significance in construction practice and is already today an integral part of numerous basic and practice-related research projects. The Carbon and...

Van Thuyne manufactures hollow core slabs, filigree slabs and pre-stressed filigree slabs, wall elements, pillars and girders. The decision to construct a new hollow core slab production was the...

Myanmar, the country in Southeast Asia which is shaken again and again by ethnic riots, will see increasing development activities in the construction industry in the years to come. According to the...

Participants in this year’s “Concrete Study Visit” organized by the Southern German Vocational Training Organization for the Concrete and Precast Industry (Berufsförderungswerk für die Beton- und...

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has just ended, and yet Moscow is already seeing the beginning of a new development phase. More precisely, it is a restructuring phase: at Bauma CTT Russia 2018,...

The third edition of PCT Brasil 2018 organized by CSG Engineering jointly with H2B Engenharia took place from 04 to 08 June 2018 in the University Park of UNIDAVI in Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina, and in...

Entry to the world of BIM is not free. Implementation of the model-oriented planning method costs time, money and leads to changes throughout the company. This article shows what must be considered...

This paper presents a multi-layer wall system where the facing layer of a core-insulated element wall system is substituted by the render system of an ETICS. In the stage of construction, spacers...

Core-insulated double walls manufactured with high efficiency and high quality are widely used worldwide. There is an increasing trend toward building with the least possible thermal conductance and...

Stairs of Mauthe, KBH paving blocks, pipes and manholes of Rinninger – only a few kilometers from Isny, this year’s venue of the membership meetings of Baden-Württemberg Association of Concrete and...

The model regulation for high-rise buildings requires non-combustible products in façades of high-rise buildings of more than 60-m height. Authoritative for the combustibility  of construction...

J.D. Neuhaus (JDN), a world leader in air hoists, cranes, trolleys and monorail hoists, has further enhanced its remote control capabilities. This innovation will bring exceptional ease of use and...

Sika announces that it is the first manufacturer to receive a general building authority approval (AbZ) for a shrinkage reducing agent to minimize drying shrinkage in concrete. This was necessary...

Protected against fire: KLB Klimaleichtblock, Andernach, has published a new paper for improving the fire protection in buildings. The brochure „KLB-Wandbaustoffe“ (KLB wall construction materials)...

The Trade Association for Concrete Components with Lattice Girders (Fachvereinigung Betonbauteile mit Gitterträgern e.V./BmG) -, the Bavarian Quality Association for elements walls...

(10) WO 2018/104094 Al(22) 27.11.2017(43) 14.06.2018(57) The invention relates to a reinforcing element (1) for a concrete barrier-wall element (3), which concrete barrier-wall element has a repelling...

(10) DE 10 2016 123 390 Al (22) 02.12.2016(43) 07.06.2018(57) Die Erfindung betrifft eine Stoffmi­schung zur Herstellung eines Betonbauteils mit hoher Druck­festigkeit und geringer Wärmeleitfähigkeit....

(10) DE 10 2016 124 736 A1(22) 19.12.2016(43) 21.06.201857) Bauelement zur Wärmedämmung zwischen zwei Bauteilen, insbesondere zwischen einem Ge­bäude (B) und einem vorkragenden Außenteil (A),...

(10) DE 10 2016 125 201 Al (22) 21.12.2016(43) 21.06.2018(57) Gezeigt wird ein System (18) zum Fügen von zwei Bauteilen (10, 12) oder zum Armieren eines Bauteils, das eine erste und eine zweite...

(10) DE 10 2017 008 898 Al (22) 23.09.2017(43) 14.06.201857) Der Verbund zwischen Beweh­rungselementen aus Carbonfasern und üblichem Beton ist zu gering. Bisher wird eine Anpassung des Betons an das...

(10) DE 10 2017 129 362 Al (22) 08.12.2017(43) 14.06.201857) Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zu Grunde, Betonsteine und Betonplatten mit neuen Eigen­schaften und damit für neue Anwendungsfälle zu...

(10) DE 20 2017 006 769 U1 (22) 13.10.2017(45) 07.06.2018(57) Ankerelement (14, 200, 302, 310, 322) für ein Betonbauteil mit einem Ankerkörper aus einem Kunst­stoff, der holzartige Eigenschaften...

(11) EP 3 330 458 Al(22) 28.07.2016 (43) 06.06.2018 Bulletin 2018/23(57) The purpose of the present invention is to provide a reusable support member capable of facilitating assembly and disassembly...

(11) EP 3 333 323 Al(22) 07.12.2017(43) 13.06.2018 Patentblatt 2018/2457) Köcherfundament (1), welches einen von vier Seitenwänden (3, 4) und einem Boden (2) begrenzten, nach oben offenen, im...

(10) RU2656646 C1(22) 02.07.2015(43) 06.06.2018(57) Field: Construction. Substance: Invention relates to construction and relates to a modular concrete structure, consisting of at least two standing...

(11) RU 2657881 C1(22) 10.04.2017(45) 18.06.2018((57) Field: Construction. Substance: Invention relates to the field of construction and can be used as beams of ceilings and coatings of residential...

(10) US 2018/0155246 Al (22) 28.11.2017(43) 07.06.2018(57) Various cement-containing compositions are disclosed, including insulating cement, forms, and prefabricated build­ing materials produced from...

(10) US 2018/0172199 Al (22) 27.12.2016(43) 21.06.2018(57) Disclosed is a base assembly for supporting a crane pedestal. The base assembly comprises four base units, each having a first end and a...

(10) US 2018/0179756 Al(22) 24.06.2016(43) 28.06.2018(57) An anchoring device (10) for anchoring tendons for struc­turally reinforcing a structure such as a concrete structure, where the anchoring...

(10) US 2018/0179757 Al(22) 21.02.2018(43) 28.06.2018(57) The present invention concerns a reinforcing element for producing concrete components, a concrete component and corresponding production...