Pallets loaded with molds, reinforcing steel and concrete weighing several tons are moving through the extensive factory building. Case of emergency, all systems must come to a complete halt within a...
In recent years, an extensive amount of research has been carried out in order to better understand and control several of the most important deteriorating processes acting on concrete structures in...
The manufacture of prefabricated concrete components represents an important economic sector within the German building industry. In addition to the economic advantages, there are strong qualitative...
Motivation for the investigations
The stability and/or the effects of storage length and storage conditions on the efficiency of cement in mortars and concrete has been investigated for many years...
The typical arrangement of the blocks on a production pallet is one designed for normal manual laying. A total of 52 rectangular blocks 200 x 100 mm in size, and in four rows of 13 blocks each, are...
At the Engineering Days in Vienna from 3rd to 4th December 2009 current trends, topics and technologies in modern precast concrete plants shall be presented and discussed by means of technical...
So that the Lip Bear from South Asia feels comfortable in the cold North Rhine-Westphalia, Cemex submitted a special product proposal to a zoo.
Solid walls with concrete core activation will provide...
Till autumn 2009, Ikea is expanding its world’s largest distribution center up to almost 800,000 pallet places. The general contractor, Klebl GmbH of Upper Palatinate/Germany, among others, is...
The internal market for construction products cannot be achieved by reducing transparency of product information.
CEPMC, representing the manufacturers of construction products, UFEMAT, representing...
Safety barriers made of precast concrete components are frequently used as mobile protection elements (e.g. at construction sites). In principle it is true that the more compact and stiffer a barrier...
