Since October 25, 2011, Jürgen Braungardt has been member of the management. He is the son of the company founder, Rudolf Braungardt, who established the company in Lengenfeld in the Vogtland region...
fib Bulletin 60, “Prefabrication for affordable housing”, is now available for purchase from the fib secretariat.
The need for housing has increased significantly during the last decades all over...
On 29 October 2011, the 11th General Assembly of fib convened in Lausanne and accepted the fib Model Code 2010 („MC 2010“). Publication is planned for 2012, following a final editorial review by...
After a one-year lasting renovation of the “Bibelhaus ErlebnisMuseum“ in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), the museum celebrated its reopening in May this year. Apart from the extended and re-designed...
The “Manaus – Iranduba“ bridge was opened on October 24 this year. It crosses the river Rio Negro in the middle of the Amazon region in Brazil.
Before the completion of this important bridge...
High-quality precast concrete components, in particular façade elements, referred to as architectural concrete and have to meet the highest quality requirements, have been manufactured by...
At its ancestral territory, the Dortmund-based insurance company Volkswohl Bund, one of the largest broker insurers in Germany, has built a new administration building for about 500 employees being...
How do you like our new cover? BFT INTERNATIONAL kicks off the new year with a new face. The cover and the inner sides were revised and now present themselves in a modern layout. We in the editorial...
Yet another year is already coming to an end. We in the editorial office are probably the first to notice; most likely even before the first Christmas articles are displayed in the shops. Not many...
Combined system of joint and surface
waterproofing
Systems for surface waterproofing have already been on the market for many decades. Their major drawback, however, is the high repair expenditure...
