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Population growth and urbanisation are definitely two global megatrends. As a result, buildings must be constructed, especially in the cities. But what happens when space is ...

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 ...

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 ...

The tallest seafront residential tower in the Mediterranean has been built in Limassol in Cyprus: At a height of 170 meters, the ONE-Tower features 37 floors and is scheduled to ...

Building Information Modeling (BIM) offers a wide range of new possibilities for the construction of the future. To further explore these new opportunities the European Union has ...

With the Grand Paris Express, the capital of France and its neighbourhood are getting a new metro with 68 new stations and 200 kilometres of additional tracks. The automated ...

The skyline of Frankfurt’s banking quarter has a new landmark: The 155-meter Marienturm Tower, set for completion by the first quarter of 2019. The new high-rise office complex ...

Campus Sursee, a training center for building specialists in the Swiss canton of Lucerne, is extending its facilities with a modern sports arena as a training location for ...

The ceilings in a new residential complex in the Swiss Canton of Aargau were to be made from a composite of wood and concrete. But how do you effectively create a reliable, ...

Almost 60 years ago, the recently constructed Henninger-Turm (Henninger Tower) – the grain storage silo of a brewery in the Sachsenhausen district of Frankfurt – became a major ...

Concrete with a large share of cement replacement materials may be more environmentally compatible and often also more durable than conventional concrete but it is not necessarily ...

“Panta rhei” (everything flows). The Greek philosopher Heraclitus was already aware of this some 2,500 years ago – and it also applies to concrete. Nowadays, it is largely the ...