Since its foundation in the 1960s Bouyer Leroux has experienced rapid growth and today is one of the largest manufacturers of clay building materials in the northwestern part of France. The production...
This year the For Arch international construction trade fair in Prague will open its gates for the 20th time. From 20 to 26 September enterprises in and around the construction industry will have the...
ConBuild Vietnam will take place from 1 to 4 December 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, on the grounds of the Saigon Exhibition & Centre.
In 2009 ConBuild Vietnam will be held for the third time. It is...
Just under 12 months ago the construction of the new Tondach plant at the Csabai site near Békéscsaba began with the symbolic first spade cut. With the opening ceremony on the 27th March 2009, the...
Six months before the start of Ceramitec 2009, preparations are well on track: despite the difficult economic situation, the level of registrations so far is higher than at the same point before the...
We have redesigned our Internet pages at www.zi-online.info. Complementing the monthly published print version of Zi Brick and Tile Industry International, we should like to bring you more up-to-date...
It is certainly an irony of fate that a housing bubble of all things triggered the current financial and economic crisis. That we in Germany of all people are now affected by the consequences of...
Zi: Mr Röben, the all-dominant topic at the present time is the global financial and economic crisis, which, no doubt, has not left your company completely untouched. Yet Röben has chosen this time...
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In the draft of the master list of technical building regulations of September 2008 the guideline specification for flat lintels [1] dating back to 1977 is intended for deletion and is...
1 Introduction
The determination of the pore size distribution by means of mercury penetration porosimetry leads as a secondary result to the specific pore surface a (total pore area) of the dry...