News, thoughts & findings on concrete formwork, architecture and construction. Schalungsreparatur, Betonschalungen, Architektur, Sperrholzschalung
Friday, April 29, 2011
hovering exposed concrete auditorium within university hall
Auditorium at the physics lab of University of Greifswald (Germany):
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The auditorium fits 80 students.
more info here:
http://www.beton.org/sixcms/detail.php?id=43060
they used new plywood formwork, so no repairs there yet.
http://www.emplica.com
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Poland planning to invest USD 20bn in nuclear powerplants over the next 13 years.
Too bad.
Considering that Poland is neighboring Germany, i think it is quite a joke that Merkel is closing down the nuclear powerplants when poland is building new ones.
Plus, i am sure some of the funds for the new polish plants are coming from EU (german) taxpayers... Thats the way to do it.
see the article here: http://www.pmrpublications.com
Monday, April 18, 2011
Emplica press release
http://www.emplica.com/uploads/pdf/press/Emplica_PI_%20Product_07042011he.pdf
Matec, a supplier of concrete construction accessories now also offers emplica formwork repair products.
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Max Frisch: 100 years
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Friday, April 8, 2011
The Old Bridge of Mostar
1. I saw pictures of the old bridge in a old vacation photoalbum of my grandmother from the 1960s
2. i saw video footage on tv news when it was destroyed during the balkan war
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I dont find the old bridge that special compared to other bridges i have seen e.g. in the alps, but it is the whole composition of white old stone houses and that inviting dark turquoise river flowing under it. on a hot summer day looking at a photo of the old bridge you just want to dive in.
As we know, the old bridge was destroyed by some really ignorant asshole (sorry for my wording) during the balcan war. but it has been rebuilt since, actually already quite some time ago. the new bridge looks just as beautiful as the old one since they tried to build the new old bridge as an exact replica of the old old bridge.
i found a very good website that explains the amazing technique that was used for both the old and the new old bridge.
please go here and enjoy the information.
http://www.gen-eng.florence.it/starimost/00_main/main.htm
need to rebuild formwork? emplica has a solution for you!
European mega project
The Canal will link the Paris region to the european waterways network, making it possible to trnapsort goods on freight ships from paris to the north sea harbours of rotterdam.
With a lenght of 106 kms, a depth of 5 mtrs and a width of 54 meters it allows freight ships of the class Vb (meaning one motorised pusher vessel and two transport vessel behind each other) to transport cargo basically from the mediterranian sea to paris and further on to the north sea harbours all within land.
Construction is planned to start already this year, with a opening to public of the canal in 2016.
25 million cubic meters of soil will have to be moved, infrastructure includes six locks and a port to connect to the transeuropean freight railways.
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| image: wikipedia a Vb class freighter carrying 6.000 metric tons of coal. 200 trucks or 3 freight trains would be needed to transport that amount over land. |
the european union expects freight transport to expand by roughly 50 per cent until 2020. Trying to not get all the roads stuck with trucks, waterways are an ideal alternative for cheaper and easier transport of cargo either in conatiners or as bulk.
According to Nicolas Bour, the project leader of the Seine-Nord Europe Mission, "1500 containers unloaded in a maritime port equal 1000 trucks on the road or 25 fully-loaded goods trains, but only 5 vessels."
http://ec.europa.eu/transport/inland/index_en.htm
i guess they will be using concrete... repair for concrete formwork is easy with the emplica repair system:
http://www.emplica.com
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
classification of exposed concrete and repair of formwork
Of course the classification of surface quality of exposed concrete is one of these standards. The german standards for exposed concrete are some of the most ridgid classifications in the industry.
The requirements for exposed concrete are divided into the following four classes.
SB 1: low requirements, for basements or industrial use. no special requirements towards formwork. Low costs.
SB2: medium requirements to surface and design. formwork needs to be in good shape, although scratches, ripplings and repair marks are allowed. usually higher costs than SB1.
SB3: high requirements on surface and design. Used for exposed office walls etc.. High formwork requirements: no ripplings, no concrete residue, small scratches and repair marks allowed. High costs.
SB4: highest requirements. Concrete surface for "Dining rooms". Formwork can have small repair marks if architect agrees. Usually formwork is used only once for this kind of concrete.
(the emplica formwork repair system can be used for SB1 through SB3 and, if Architect agrees, even for SB4 formwork, discussion is necessary)
Additionally, all classes have a lot of sub-classes regarding texture, colour and porosity of the surface.
More information on exposed concrete can be found here:
http://www.sichtbeton-forum.de/sichtbeton_klassen.php (german)
the american concrete institute has a large database with documents to concrete...http://www.concrete.org/general/home.asp
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Summer coming, time to fix the forms
it is easy as 1-2-3 and doesnt cost the world.
see all our training videos and detailed product desciptions on our website:
http://www.emplica.com
Friday, April 1, 2011
April Fools Day
I hope that everybody was having some fun today!
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