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Self-reacting frames for floor slab systems

02/01/2020

Cordeel offers a quality precast concrete service to the civils and building market sectors in eight countries in Europe. To invest in the further development of the company’s operations, Cordeel required four prestressing lines from to be used for manufacturing floor slabs for the company’s CD20 building construction system.

Schlemmer new sole managing director at SR Schindler

20/01/2020

With effect from 1st February 2020, Andreas Schlemmer takes over the sole management of SR-Schindler Maschinen-Anlagentechnik GmbH in Regensburg. Schlemmer is a trained mechanical engineer and has more than 25 years of experience in the concrete block industry.

Precast Prospers in 2020

06/01/2020

Despite ongoing labor shortages and indications that the economy is slowing, the precast concrete sector of the construction industry in North America should continue to prosper in 2020. Even as the picture for total construction starts looks flat, the segments where precast is most prevalent are the most likely to grow. That’s the overriding view of construction economists, equipment suppliers and large regional precast concr...

ICCX West Africa 2020

06/01/2020

The construction industry in Ghana is becoming efficient in the area of cost and achieving advance technologies. The use of precast concrete technology has been embraced by experts in the construction industry in Ghana. The construction industry in Ghana is booming and precast is getting more and more into the focus. It is now the perfect time to promote best practices with precast in Ghana and surrounding and thus benefitting...

Vollert positions itself for the future with a new management team

06/01/2020

The Weinsberger plant manufacturer Vollert is repositioning itself with a new management structure as of November 1, 2019. In addition to the managing partner Hans-Jörg Vollert, Björn Brandt, Wolfram Hietschold and Oliver Wolschinski will form the management board. Dr. Markus Deimel, second managing director leaves the company as part of this restructuring.

Adaptive modular construction concepts using production line methods

20/11/2019

The Priority Programme 2187 “Adaptive modular construction concepts using production line methods – precise fast construction of the future” starts in January 2020 with a total running time of six years. It is multidisciplinary and was set up in 2018 by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG – German Research Foundation). Around 50 researchers from all over Germany are collaborating to build faster, more precisely and with l...

Ceremonial opening of showroom factory in China

11/11/2019

The Chinese construction group Baoye has built a demonstration plant for the production of precast concrete elements in Shaoxing, 200 km southwest of Shanghai. The Baoma joint venture between the Chinese construction group and the German plant manufacturer Sommer Precast Technology was established to build the plant.

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ICCX Western Europe in Germany in June 2020

The world's largest and most successful conference and exhibition for the precast concrete industry, the ICCX, is coming to Western Europe in 2020. The ICCX Western Europe will take place from 23 to 24 June in the German city of Bonn.
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IFC4precast – a completely new concept for the precast industry

IFC4precast is a completely new concept to support the BIM process in the best possible way, especially for the precast industry. The digitisation of the precast industry is progressing at a rapid pace, with the aim of supporting the participating software systems such as CAD, MES, PPS and ERP with integration and networking. Several strong and wel...
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Solar Concrete Wall Systems

SolaBlock LLC (USA) has announced a pioneering new line of unitized concrete/solar wall block systems called Solar Masonry Units-SMU™. The new block technology features traditional concrete masonry units with integrated solar cells, allowing previously underutilized vertical surfaces to become attractive, dependable renewable energy generating spac...
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Cutting-edge production management system is a game-changer for Canadian precast manufacturer

Traditional wetcast production plant setups make it nearly impossible to drive productivity because there are too many variables and there is no linear process flow that can be easily tracked, measured, analyzed and optimized. The Prima wetcast system offers a solution to this by organizing the different work processes in the plant and by tracking ...
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New manufacturing process for earthquakeresistant prestressed hollow-core slabs with variable …

… component geometries Prestressed hollow-core slabs are up to approx. 40% lighter than solid slabs and require less concrete in production. Therefore, they are widespread all over the world. A new manufacturing process from Vollert now also allows almost any arrangement of supply shafts, concrete recesses, lifting anchors and the installation of ...

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Ambitious mechanical engineering company again proves its problem-solving competence

As independent brand of the Rohrdorfer Group, BWL Betonwerk Linden manufactures pavers, slabs and wall systems at several production sites in Germany. The philosophy of Rohrdorfer, a nationally active producer of building materials, which manufactures cement, readymixed concrete, gala products and precast concrete elements at more than 140 location...

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Establishing RFID technology as the industry standard for concrete block molds

In September 2017, Managing Director Holger Stichel gave a lecture at the Technology Symposium of Kobra Formen GmbH on future-oriented developments in the concrete block industry and spoke about the diverse application possibilities of RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags on concrete block moulds and the associated advantages in the managemen...

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Individual Thanks to Flexible Production: Monolithic Concrete Manhole Bases from PCS in Canada

Family company PCS Les Produits de Ciment Sherbrooke Ltée has been producing concrete pre-cast components for waste water and infrastructure projects in the Canadian city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, since 1944. With an experienced team, the company uses both wet-cast and dry-cast methods in its production and is one of the most important suppliers in Qu...

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Plant specialist for the concrete block industry continues to expand customer service

In order to increase customer satisfaction, SR-Schindler has implemented changes in the organisation and internal processes. A new service hotline and additional service technicians are available to customers for fast processing of enquiries. In addition, the internationally leading plant manufacturer has a larger stock of spare parts for its custo...

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Temperature difference in the chamber – the enemy of quality

Different climate zones in curing chambers are more the norm than the exception. They cause color differences and problems in the strength of concrete products. These effects are caused by the curing process. Good insulation, uniform air distribution and accurate heat and humidity control are the remedies.

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ICCX Academy Baku 2019

Full lecture hall, full accompanying exhibition – the ICCX Academy had a very successful premiere. In Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, 130 trade visitors followed the knowledgeable lectures with great interest and engaged in lively debate with the speakers and representatives of the companies exhibiting.

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The Construction Sector in Italy: Investments up by 4.8 Billion Euros in 2019

12/11/2019

Investments in the construction sector continue to grow, driven by the resumption of public works. While overall value in Italy in 2018 came to 139 billion euros, an increase of 3.5% is expected by the end of 2019 (4.8 billion euros) followed in 2020 by a further 3.3 billion euros (+2.4%). These figures come from the construction industry report fo...

Precast concrete for residential buildings in Poland

13/11/2019

Technobud Nowy Sącz Sp. z o.o. Sp.k. is a company that has been operating on the construction market since 2003. It has chosen the quality of Bianchi Casseforme tilting tables for the production of prefabricated walls in residential projects in Poland. Technobud is proud of its experience gained on the largest construction sites in the country and ...

Two mixing plants master concrete production at Brenner Base Tunnel

13/11/2019

Construction work on the Brenner Base Tunnel for a railway link between Austria and Italy has been underway since 2008. With a length of 64 km, it will be the longest underground railway link in the world. Construction should be completed by the end of 2027. One of the largest construction phases on the Austrian side is construction lot H51 "Pfons-...

High capacity turner for Jensen Precast in Fontana, California

13/11/2019

Jensen precast is one of the leading precasters located in the Western part of the USA. The company is headquartered in Sparks (Nevada) but has a total of 8 production facilities located in California, 2 in Arizona, 1 in Oregon, 1 in Nevada and 1 in Hawaii. The company specializes in precast solutions for infrastructure projects, mainly for the pub...

Betonwerk Pallmann GmbH invests in new production boards

12/11/2019

Betonwerk Pallmann GmbH, based in Dollern, has been producing high-quality concrete products for the national market at this location since 1978. However, the company itself can look back on over 80 years of company history. The company was founded in 1928 in Schillen in the district of Tilsit, East Prussia, and has been under the management of Ott...

Grooved Hollowcore: a simplified way to significantly reduce concrete consumption and increase …

13/11/2019

… profit margins A method to make hollowcore slabs fixed at their ends which allows for a reduction of up to 20% of the depth and consumption of concrete of finished floors has been developed, thoroughly tested and protected by patents by the engineering company Elastic Potential, in Barcelona, Spain. The method consists of producing hollowcore un...

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