Construction Solutions Blog

Back at the Hagerbach Test Gallery

For more than 15 years, underground construction experts from all over the world have participated in our popular workshops at the Hagerbach Test Gallery in Switzerland. After a ...
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Self-Levelling Cementitious Screed Opens Up New Potential

Today, screeds are based on two main technologies: the traditional dry cementitious screed and the anhydrite screed. Application of dry cementitious screeds is labor-intensive and ...
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Low-Carbon Hope Sculpture Graces Glasgow for COP26

Recently, the UN Climate Conference COP26 was hosted by the United Kingdom in partnership with Italy and encouraged many leading industrial partners to work together on the "Hope ...
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Reducing CO2 in Sprayed Concrete for Tunnelling Applications

Sprayed concrete construction in double-shell lining is a CO2-intensive construction method for tunnel structures. We identify design improvement potentials and propose ...
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10 Ways to Reduce Segmental Tunnel Linings’ Carbon Footprint

Segmentally lined tunnels use a large quantity of concrete, with the associated carbon burden that brings. However, rethinking your approach early on can reduce the carbon ...
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Sand Crisis and Recycled Concrete: How Admixtures Open Up ...

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world – and also the most environmentally discussed. One reason for this is its reliance on sand as a component – the ...
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Boost Performance and Efficiency with MasterCem

Cement manufacturers operate in one of the world’s toughest industries and are constantly confronted with the challenge to reduce the clinker factor, improve the quality, increase ...
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Technology for SLS: a breakthrough innovation

The Technology for SLS by Master Builders Solutions supersedes conventional techniques by allowing easy processing and quick application of cementitious screeds. RAK-BUD, a Polish ...
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The Benefits of Concrete Admixtures For the Construction ...

The construction industry is facing quite a number of challenges: The commitment to sustainable construction requires new solutions; the ongoing construction boom and the shortage ...
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Innovative Admixtures for Deep Foundation Construction

The standard procedure in deep foundation construction uses bored concrete piles or pile walls. In unstable ground conditions, or where the ground is prone to subsidence, this ...
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MasterFinish: Enhancing Concrete Quality and Sustainability

Concrete element production is impossible without suitable cleaning and release agents – to keep the formwork clean and to facilitate formwork removal. IDEAL Beton, a manufacturer ...
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Admixtures for the Port of Barcelona

Construction projects at ports often involve highly specific requirements: The salt-laden air attacks the concrete, which, nevertheless, has to be able to withstand sustained ...
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