Heidelberg Cement presented the preliminary figures for the full year 2013. The sales volumes of cement, clinker and blast-furnace slag rose by 2.6 % from 89.0 million tons in 2012 to 91.3 million...
In Ruggell, Liechtenstein, a complex of office buildings is currently being built that is unique in terms of both its use and architecture and its ground-breaking engineering solutions.
The...
On 18 February 2014, the Innovation Prize for Structural Concrete Products of the Supplier Industry was awarded to two winners at the same time. BASF Construction Solutions GmbH based in Mannheim,...
The wish of architects and clients for unusual design possibilities for external façades has increased enormously in recent years. One possibility for more individuality is called photo concrete....
In January, Dr. Klaus P. Strautmann, managing director of Langendorf, and D. K. Pek, managing director of Jet-Scan Pte Ltd, signed a collaboration agreement. Jet-Scan will representLangendorf in...
For redesigning the built-in units for the historical library project “Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen,” the architectural firm of gäbele & raufer architects BDA had initially envisioned smooth...
The 19th Holcim Concrete Conference at ETH Zurich focused on the importance of concrete. The earliest evidence of concrete was found in present-day Turkey and dates from the time of 10,000 B.C. In the...
So far, the so-called kneading-bag test was used in order to determine the setting point tE of concrete. For this purpose, the worker fills a small amount of concrete into a plastic bag and checks...
