In the last few years, it has become more and more popular to color concrete integrally by means of pigments. Their quality is of great importance for this purpose. Years of studies on colored...
Silage silos, liquid-manure tanks, basements, pits, and biogas facilities are all exposed to numerous aggressive mechanical and chemical attacks that in the long term can lead to damage. With...
The owner of the Abril wine-growing estate, founded in 1740 and located near Freiburg, Germany, decided to build a new wine-press house to meet the challenges of the future. The newbuild has a...
An increasing number of manufacturers also now offer their embedded parts in digital form, as three-dimensional models. With the direct link of the Strakon 2014 structural design software to the new...
Cathay Industries, one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of synthetic iron oxide pigments, has recently developed a new generation of water-soluble bags for coloring ready-mixed concrete and...
High-speed rail lines traveling at more than 200 km/h and higher axle loads subject the roadbeds of railroad lines to enormous forces. Prestressed concrete sleepers for track systems therefore...
The Deltabeam composite beam is the most significant single product of Peikko Group. Deltabeams have been used in over 10,000 buildings worldwide, including in Europe, North America and Asia.
During...
Masa’s long-time partner in the UK and Ireland, Michael C. Heaton, says goodbye to the active professional life after 44 years in the building materials industry.
Heaton’s impressive career began...
Jaime Delclaux is the new President of BIBM, the Federation for the European Precast Concrete Industry, which is based in Brussels. Delclaux, from Spain, succeeds Patrick Declerck, who had held the...
